RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it?
June 23, 2015 at 6:24 pm
(This post was last modified: June 23, 2015 at 6:53 pm by Catholic_Lady.)
(June 23, 2015 at 3:32 am)Parkers Tan Wrote:(June 23, 2015 at 3:17 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Ah, gotcha. That's why I asked. To clear up any misunderstanding.
I should have clarified. By self defense, I meant defense of yourself or another person. I have said this on other posts, but did not make the distinction on the particular post you were responding to. My fault.
So we've stretched the boundary a little more.
Would you regard a battlefield killing in wartime to be immoral? What if I were an artilleryman, lobbing shells in support of infantry defending our borders, but not in direct danger myself? I mean, I'm defending another person -- indeed, I'm helping to defend an entire nation of people. Is that moral, or immoral?
PT, if the war is in the realm of defense, then I would call this a justifiable war. This can include a nation defending themselves, or a nation defending another people that are being killed. Personally, I think very few wars fall into this category.
As for the death penalty, yes, I am against it.
"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
