Hello, Anyone interested in a debate?

[bennyboy]

Normally they are likely to say that.  But if we hold morality of the act is to be determined by the subject at the time of action, their normal view does not matter.  Rather their view under emotional and hormonal override is the determinate of the morality of their conduct.  So do they think that course of action is best/correct/right at that instance?  Likely the answer is yes.

No, I think even at the exact moment of the action, a person does not think that cheating on his wife is moral, or that injecting heroin into the body is moral. And the reason, imo, is as I said: mores are ideas, and moral failures represent not a temporary alternative idea, but rather a moment in which those ideas aren't accessed or acted on.

You are viewing a person as an indivisible moral agent. However, a person is a composite of many influences, some of which may supercede or override others. Mores access a relatively high mental process: the world view. But more basic processes, like the desire for sex, food, or pleasure, are perfectly capable of hijacking a person's decision-making processes.