RE: Is the Past Real?
October 26, 2022 at 12:35 pm
(This post was last modified: October 26, 2022 at 12:36 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(October 26, 2022 at 12:15 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:(October 26, 2022 at 8:46 am)polymath257 Wrote: That solely depends on your value system. You choose your value system and then figure out what you are obligated to do.
And presumably what one considers real has bearing on one's value system. Not even remotely suggesting that I have any answers. Nevertheless, it seems to me that the ontological status of the past and/or future somehow matters.
But does it matter to whether or not you believe there is a moral obligation to keep a promise? Such that an answer to those questions has an effect? Even if we assumed that only the present is real, and that we live our lives, practically, entirely in a present moment - do you presently believe that there is a moral obligation to keep our word?
Break your word now, break your word later, ultimately, the date of when you break your word is immaterial to whether or not that's a bad thing.
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