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RE: what are you ethics based on
February 21, 2013 at 5:05 am
False dichotomy, much? Sleepy

I have no base ethics. Doesn't mean my judgements are not predictable... but they are subject to the situation as interpreted and are a matter more of taste than they are morals. Smile
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RE: what are you ethics based on
February 21, 2013 at 5:14 am



Oh here's to my sweet Satan.
The one whose little path would make me sad, whose power is Satan.
He will give those with him 666.
There was a little tool shed where he made us suffer, sad Satan.

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RE: what are you ethics based on
February 21, 2013 at 5:18 am
(February 20, 2013 at 11:59 pm)justin Wrote: deontological or teleological ethic based?
and what makes that a better choice.

What of consequentialism? No virtue ethics?

Personally, I endeavor not to be a cunt. It's worked so far.
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RE: what are you ethics based on
February 21, 2013 at 6:18 am
(February 21, 2013 at 4:02 am)whateverist Wrote: I base my ethics on empathy, need & convenience. Not looking to win any badges so I can afford to play it by ear. I'll try my best not to become a psychotic killer but I'm not making any promises.

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RE: what are you ethics based on
February 21, 2013 at 7:26 am
Tough question. I can say that over a 60 year period, I have been trained and shaped by a number of sources and by important people in my life, as well as coming to term with certain things on my own. But I do not believe that I have a single term for it that will fit.
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RE: what are you ethics based on
February 21, 2013 at 7:47 am
I have no ethics, it makes eating babies that much easier.
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RE: what are you ethics based on
February 21, 2013 at 8:13 am
I really have none.

I like a joke, I like to swear, I like to smoke weed, I like freedom of communication, I like to party, I like music, I like the golden rule, I like open relationships, and I like free men of the land.

But society doesn't and I have to adapt to that to get by.
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RE: what are you ethics based on
February 21, 2013 at 9:28 am
My morals are based on what I wish the world to be.
I take no joy in the suffering of the weak.
Sometimes I enjoy the suffering of those that do.
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RE: what are you ethics based on
February 21, 2013 at 11:22 am
(February 21, 2013 at 4:09 am)The Germans are coming Wrote: Does Schopenhauer`s "ethics of compassion" apply for you?

Quote:Schopenhauer's moral theory proposed that only compassion can drive moral acts. According to Schopenhauer, acts of compassion eye only the good of the object of the acts, that is, they cannot be inspired by either the prospect of personal utility or the feeling of duty.

Pretty much meaning what my heart wants gets balanced against what my stomach and my brain wants in every instance. Often enough it pleases me to please others. I'm definitely no Kantian.
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RE: what are you ethics based on
February 21, 2013 at 11:39 am
(February 21, 2013 at 3:48 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Do they need a slap sometimes?

Sometimes you need to be cruel to be kind Wink
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura

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