RE: Morality: Where do you get yours?
May 10, 2012 at 9:52 am
(This post was last modified: May 10, 2012 at 9:54 am by NoMoreFaith.)
There is very little that is not covered by the Golden Rule, even when it comes to rights.
I think Golden Rule plus Negative Rights has a few issues, since the golden rule often infers many positive rights, and becomes a matter of personal preference on how far that is taken.
I defy anyone who claims purely negative rights to refuse care to an abandoned baby in the streets for instance because it has no positive right to be fed or housed.
Your moral principles tend to be therefore gradients of these rights, as I would also confer the right to aforementioned baby, for medical care and education. Even where we apply both golden and negative rights, I am deeply suspicious of someone who would not wish to be helped if they fell on hard times.
I think Golden Rule plus Negative Rights has a few issues, since the golden rule often infers many positive rights, and becomes a matter of personal preference on how far that is taken.
I defy anyone who claims purely negative rights to refuse care to an abandoned baby in the streets for instance because it has no positive right to be fed or housed.
Your moral principles tend to be therefore gradients of these rights, as I would also confer the right to aforementioned baby, for medical care and education. Even where we apply both golden and negative rights, I am deeply suspicious of someone who would not wish to be helped if they fell on hard times.
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If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
