RE: Subjective Morality?
November 7, 2018 at 11:45 am
(This post was last modified: November 7, 2018 at 11:46 am by vulcanlogician.)
(November 7, 2018 at 11:14 am)bennyboy Wrote: I'd like an example of any moral idea that isn't predicated on negative feelings. Maybe I'm wrong, though you can imagine that I kind of doubt it.
Quote:Ethical egoism is the normative ethical position that moral agents ought to do what is in their own self-interest. It differs from psychological egoism, which claims that people can only act in their self-interest. Ethical egoism also differs from rational egoism, which holds that it is rational to act in one's self-interest.[1] Ethical egoism holds, therefore, that actions whose consequences will benefit the doer can be considered ethical in this sense.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethical_egoism
Well, bennyboy, here is a moral theory which renounces altruism... you know... good ol' altruism, the source of so many "warm & fuzzies"... the motivation of every Disney hero ever conceived of...
Ethical egoism flies in the face of all those warm & fuzzies and says that self-sacrifice for the greater good is immoral. Fuck you, Prince Charming.
Immanuel Kant had no problem with advancing an ethics which sometimes called for actions that most would find repugnant: