RE: Morality without God
April 1, 2021 at 12:26 pm
(This post was last modified: April 1, 2021 at 12:28 pm by polymath257.)
My moral philosophy is quite simple:
Think and Care.
Think about how your actions affect other people. That means thinking deeply enough to see the connections between your actions and the consequences, possibly undesired.
Care about the feelings of others. Care about the health of others. Care about their opinions. Value other people.
This, by the way, leads to the Golden and Platinum Rules: by taking into consideration the desires and needs of others, and caring about how your actions affect them, you won't do things that break those rules.
Humans are a social species. Like most social species, we have compassion for the others of our group. We have a sense of fairness that is held in common with other primates. These are the bases of morality.
Think and Care.
Think about how your actions affect other people. That means thinking deeply enough to see the connections between your actions and the consequences, possibly undesired.
Care about the feelings of others. Care about the health of others. Care about their opinions. Value other people.
This, by the way, leads to the Golden and Platinum Rules: by taking into consideration the desires and needs of others, and caring about how your actions affect them, you won't do things that break those rules.
Humans are a social species. Like most social species, we have compassion for the others of our group. We have a sense of fairness that is held in common with other primates. These are the bases of morality.
