RE: Agnosticism IS the most dishonest position
March 12, 2020 at 5:01 pm
(This post was last modified: March 12, 2020 at 5:07 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(March 12, 2020 at 4:53 pm)Klorophyll Wrote: If you concede that it's mostly wrong, then open relationships being wrong is a safer moral assumption don't you think?You keep calling these people shitty names but you have yet to identify what would be wrong with their relationship, absent any harm.
If jealousy is a built-in feature/compulsion then shouldn't we act upon it and not allow infidelity,. Isn't it the most natural, straightforward thing to do?
People engage in all kinds of behavior, it's really not rational to argue infidelity into being moral because a bunch of devious couples were okay with it.
Anytime now, don't be shy.
Quote:If you insist on squeezing this bad thing about every possibly relationship, I would say you can't possibly know that an open relationship doesn't harm them, it might make the partner feel horribly bad or doubt himself or think about harming this third party.. but there might never be a concrete manifestation of these bad feelings. Again, on average, people act on these feelings and say no to this kind of *relationship*.Wonderful...and since you acknowledge that there are at least some people for whom an open relationship wouldn't be harmful..upon what basis is that open relationship harmful? Obviously theres some "outside" of harm, in your moral system.
And I think this is reasonably sufficient grounds to consider open relationships immoral, or at least... not recommended
What is it?
I'm only kidding, lol. I know what that is. God said so. Looks like god was trivially and demonstrably wrong. Until you suggest some other bad making property, an open relationship that isn't harmful isn't bad - at least not in any objective and therefore rational way.
-and we both put a high premium on moral systems being rational
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