Do you agree with Richard Dawkins?

[Scabby Joe]

Your morality is not my own, your motivations are not my own, nor can either of us confidently claim that if our personal sense of morality were nothing more than self interest then other's morality must also be the same. People who fail to make compelling or consistent arguments are often in the habit of scorching the earth around them as a last ditch effort, in my experience.

I will claim that my morality is not borne out of self interest. It's based on not causing unnecessary harm, pain and suffering and promoting well being.

How often I have asked others what their moral guiding principle is and very rarely does anyone have one. They say it's what feels right at the time blah blah. That sounds much more like leaving the door open to self interest than the moral principle I try to live by and certainly aspire to. I would also suggest that having some sort of guiding principle as I do, does help on the consistency issue.

Do you have a guiding moral principle or do you do just what feels good?

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I never could rationalize a meat-eaters claim for being a morally good person and yet is oblivious to the mass consumption of meat produced by slaughterhouses and the existential pain an animal must feel having never seen the light of day, only to be taken to places where the animal does not want to go and have the life taken out if it.

If you try asking them if they have a guiding moral principle to which they try to live by and aspire to then you will find very few willing to venture one. Keeping your moral outlook vague seems to be the order of the day to avoid having to answer for your actions.