RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it?
June 23, 2015 at 1:33 pm
(This post was last modified: June 23, 2015 at 1:35 pm by IATIA.)
(June 23, 2015 at 2:31 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: "The seventh commandment forbids theft, that is, usurping another's property against the reasonable will of the owner. There is no theft if consent can be presumed or if refusal is contrary to reason and the universal destination of goods. This is the case in obvious and urgent necessity when the only way to provide for immediate, essential needs (food, shelter, clothing . . .) is to put at one's disposal and use the property of others.
So, taking another person's resources in the face of urgent necessity (food, shelter, clothing) is not considered theft per the catechism. I should have made this distinction with my response to you when "theft" was on my list of inherently immoral acts.
(June 23, 2015 at 2:13 am)IATIA Wrote: Subjective morality!
Read carefully. :-)
What they are saying is that this is not considered theft. Theft is still inherently immoral.
(my bold)
My bold indicates subjective terms that when used in conjunction with the determination of theft, makes that determination subjective also.
Who determines what is reasonable will? Subjective
Who determines presumption of consent? Subjective
Who determines contrary to reason? Subjective
Who determines urgent necessity? Subjective
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-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
