RE: Meaning of Right and Wrong
October 5, 2010 at 6:52 pm
(This post was last modified: October 5, 2010 at 7:02 pm by pacian.)
Who am I? I'm a regular guy raised catholic, turned atheist, who later turned pacian. That's my own religion I haven't shared with anyone. I don't have a Harvard degree or any other type of degree, but I feel I discovered some philosophical questions, while I was doing some soul searching, and I believe immensely that my views are accurate. I'm new to these forums, and hopefully I will add more to them in the future, thank you for having me.
Hey padriac, I don't really understand what your saying, are you arguing with my views? Morality is all based on perceived survivability. Thats all it is. Everyone has a different perception on how to go about that, and some people believe survivability is what is told to them from religion, even if that religion is wrong, such as blowing yourself up and getting 72 virgins. Morality is easily defined.
(October 5, 2010 at 6:39 pm)padraic Wrote: @pacian
Who are you? It's considered basic good manners to introduce yourself before posting.
Morality: There are no universal.absolute moral imperatives of which I'm aware. Morality consists of rules based on pragmatism..
See also 'moral relativism'. The full article is worth reading.
Quote:Moral relativism may be any of several descriptive, meta-ethical, or normative positions regarding the differences in moral or ethical judgments between different people and cultures:
* Descriptive relativism is merely the positive or descriptive position that there exist, in fact, fundamental disagreements about the right course of action even when the same facts obtain and the same consequences seem likely to arise.[1]
* Meta-ethical relativism, on the other hand, is the meta-ethical position that the truth or falsity of moral judgments, or their justification, is not objective or universal but instead relative to the traditions, convictions, or practices of a group of people.[2]
* Normative relativism, further still, is the prescriptive or normative position that, as there is no universal moral standard by which to judge others, we ought to tolerate the behavior of others even when it runs counter to our personal or cultural moral standards.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_relativism
Hey padriac, I don't really understand what your saying, are you arguing with my views? Morality is all based on perceived survivability. Thats all it is. Everyone has a different perception on how to go about that, and some people believe survivability is what is told to them from religion, even if that religion is wrong, such as blowing yourself up and getting 72 virgins. Morality is easily defined.
