RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it?
June 21, 2015 at 10:25 pm
(This post was last modified: June 21, 2015 at 10:28 pm by Catholic_Lady.)
(June 21, 2015 at 10:09 pm)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote:(June 21, 2015 at 9:51 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: But if you steal because it is the only way you'll be able to save a person, your culpability will be greatly lessened, if not completely eliminated.
And that is subjective morality.
No. This is what the Church refers to as subjective culpability. The Catechism specifically rejects the notion of subjective morality/moral relativism, using those exact terms.
(June 21, 2015 at 10:12 pm)SnakeOilWarrior Wrote:(June 21, 2015 at 10:06 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I feel like at this point, if I post it here, a ton of the members from this forum may join with the sole intention of antagonizing the Catholic members to see what happens. It wouldn't be fair to those people if I did that. Especially since Randy and I are on there.
Nice of you to assume we're all a bunch of uncivilized animals. Or, is it because you're afraid your claims won't stand up on inspection?
I don't assume any of you would be disrespectful, I just don't want to take that chance at other people's expense. It just wouldn't be right. There may be other people reading this who are not even members of this forum. I don't know these people.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
