RE: As a nonreligious person, where do you get your moral guidance?
November 24, 2022 at 11:47 am
My moral code: Think and Care
Think: understand the consequences of your actions, including how they affect others.
Care: Actually care about how your actions affect others.
Part of thinking is reading about moral questions from a variety of sources, weighing the different opinions, thinking about the questions brought up, and figuring out how to apply those judgements in a real-life case.
Part of caring is to regard others as separate, thinking agents, that may differ in their conclusions from what you conclude. When possible, those differences should be respected. When not possible, caring for the individual should still be the goal. Among other things, caring implies a duty to educate when possible.
Think: understand the consequences of your actions, including how they affect others.
Care: Actually care about how your actions affect others.
Part of thinking is reading about moral questions from a variety of sources, weighing the different opinions, thinking about the questions brought up, and figuring out how to apply those judgements in a real-life case.
Part of caring is to regard others as separate, thinking agents, that may differ in their conclusions from what you conclude. When possible, those differences should be respected. When not possible, caring for the individual should still be the goal. Among other things, caring implies a duty to educate when possible.
