(February 28, 2015 at 12:29 pm)whateverist Wrote: Well that is pretty ignorant. [Sorry but I always go for the obvious pun, is that not good?]
Seriously though I wonder what difference it truly makes to articulate a crisp definition of what are morally good and bad acts. Should we then make it our reason for living to do 'the good' and 'avoid the bad'? Who would call that a 'good' life? To me it all seems too self-conscious and myopically focused. Life is more complex than that.
I will often enough choose the expedient at the expense of the virtuous. Who doesn't? Does that mean I will throw people under a bus to save five minutes ore five dollars? No. But neither do I need to anticipate every possible set of choices and how I could/should respond in advance. Whatever decision I would reach now, I could reach then and there is something to be said for spontaneity.
Agreed. We tend to go by heuristics rather than strict algorithms in our everyday lives, especially with matters of morality.
