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Morality without the righteous. What is right and wrong?
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RE: Morality without the righteous. What is right and wrong?
Am I the only one who understands moral statements to mean there is a standard of dos and don'ts in behavior to which we have an obligation or duty to comply?

"It is wrong to (insert behavior of choice)." This statement means the behavior is a don't according to the standard.
"It is right to (insert behavior of choice)." This statement means the behavior is a do according to the standard.

I can't get my head around it to mean anything else, which is why I ask what the word means.
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RE: Morality without the righteous. What is right and wrong? - by Tranquility - March 12, 2013 at 7:39 pm

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