(June 24, 2015 at 6:05 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: All I have to do to determine of something is evil, is to ask the group of people at the receiving end of action how they feel about it.That's even better than asking how we would feel. We might be masochists. But how does the person receiving the action feel about receiving it?
Philosopher, John Rawls' 'The Veil of Ignorance' works quite well to determine the morality of various issues (e.g., slavery in this example).
From the 42 Precepts of Ma'at: I will not be the cause of the shedding of tears.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
