RE: Objective morality as a proper basic belief
July 13, 2017 at 8:14 pm
(This post was last modified: July 13, 2017 at 8:19 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(July 13, 2017 at 8:12 pm)Inkfeather132 Wrote:(July 13, 2017 at 8:10 pm)Khemikal Wrote: What part of any of the above leads you to conclude or ask that?
Personally...I have this thing I tell my children. Don't be sorry, behave.
You seemed to be saying that you only apologize for accidentally hurting someone out of mere politeness or fear of a misunderstanding. Rather than for feeling bad because you hurt someone. Behaving only prevents intentional acts, accidents can happen to anyone.
No, I answered your question..as to why people apologize even when they aren't in the wrong, morally or otherwise. It's social lubricant. We do it because it makes all of our lives just that much more pleasant...but it doesn't have anything to do with an objective morality as-such.
Sure, accidents can happen to anyone (and some more-so than others, lol). I'm one of those clumsy motherfuckers..myself. It's a wonder I still have fingers or a face...at this point. I'm missing chunks of both - and worse, lol. When I apologize to someone it;s generally not because i either did or intended to cause them harm...but because all two hundo of me pushed them in the opposite direction than they intended to move in. Ships in the night, trading paint.
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