RE: A sidenote on moral absolutes
July 21, 2012 at 1:45 am
(This post was last modified: July 21, 2012 at 1:50 am by Reforged.)
Sure, how about George Carlins?
"I have the right to do whatever I want, if you don't like it you have the right to kill me."
Then the only thing that constitutes right and wrong is the standards of each individual.
Thats essentially what we have now except we cover it up with pretty little philosophies and use large groups of people with a similar way of thinking to confirm we're in the right. Hitler got Germany behind him and as a group they decided they didn't like what countless people were doing and figured they had the right to kill them. Allied forces in turn decided they didn't like that so they claimed the right to kill Germany. Then a whole lot of people decided this gave them the right to kill each other. Same with every other war, people use such complex reasoning but it all comes down to one thing; something happens which we *really* don't like and we figure that gives us the right to kill people over it.
Truth is no-one gives us rights, we take them. Either for ourselves or away from others, individually or as a group. If we don't like something we change it, adapt to it or destroy it. Thats our morale compass, thats what human nature boils down to and infact what every moral system we manafacture boils down to.
Its an ugly truth but it is the truth and if you travel to the war torn countries we've either invaded or left to rot you can see that truth spread like wild fire. But hey... that doesn't mean you have to like it. That is your right after all.
Its also my right to leave you wondering if thats really what I think or if I'm just attempting to give you pause for thought... and never tell you the answer.
"I have the right to do whatever I want, if you don't like it you have the right to kill me."
Then the only thing that constitutes right and wrong is the standards of each individual.
Thats essentially what we have now except we cover it up with pretty little philosophies and use large groups of people with a similar way of thinking to confirm we're in the right. Hitler got Germany behind him and as a group they decided they didn't like what countless people were doing and figured they had the right to kill them. Allied forces in turn decided they didn't like that so they claimed the right to kill Germany. Then a whole lot of people decided this gave them the right to kill each other. Same with every other war, people use such complex reasoning but it all comes down to one thing; something happens which we *really* don't like and we figure that gives us the right to kill people over it.
Truth is no-one gives us rights, we take them. Either for ourselves or away from others, individually or as a group. If we don't like something we change it, adapt to it or destroy it. Thats our morale compass, thats what human nature boils down to and infact what every moral system we manafacture boils down to.
Its an ugly truth but it is the truth and if you travel to the war torn countries we've either invaded or left to rot you can see that truth spread like wild fire. But hey... that doesn't mean you have to like it. That is your right after all.
Its also my right to leave you wondering if thats really what I think or if I'm just attempting to give you pause for thought... and never tell you the answer.
"That is not dead which can eternal lie and with strange aeons even death may die."
- Abdul Alhazred.
- Abdul Alhazred.
