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My views on objective morality
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RE: My views on objective morality
February 26, 2016 at 11:09 am
(February 26, 2016 at 11:04 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote:
(February 26, 2016 at 11:00 am)Aoi Magi Wrote: CL, is flushing your poop morally good? Tongue

Oh yes, it is very considerate. Sometimes I am naughty and purposely don't flush it to prank my unsuspecting husband. Demon
How do you know it is morally good?
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RE: My views on objective morality
February 26, 2016 at 11:12 am (This post was last modified: February 26, 2016 at 11:13 am by robvalue.)
OK thanks for your answer CL Smile

I didn't understand it, but I appreciate it nonetheless. Words like "spiritual" don't mean anything to me. I don't understand how morality is anything other than a judgement. I really don't know what you actually think it is.

And thank you for your kind words Smile I agree that psychopaths are problematic, and getting them to fit in with society is difficult. This is the one case in which I think religion has half a leg to stand on, but I still think there are better ways.
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My views on objective morality
February 26, 2016 at 11:15 am
(February 26, 2016 at 11:04 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote:
(February 26, 2016 at 11:00 am)Aoi Magi Wrote: CL, is flushing your poop morally good? Tongue

Oh yes, it is very considerate. Sometimes I am naughty and purposely don't flush it to prank my unsuspecting husband. Demon

You could just cook with it.

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And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight
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RE: My views on objective morality
February 26, 2016 at 11:15 am (This post was last modified: February 26, 2016 at 11:25 am by bennyboy.)
(February 26, 2016 at 10:13 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Slavery has and always will be evil because it is an objectively, inherently evil act. Because it takes away the inherent right a human being has.
This is all so horribly wrong. Other than in the mind of man or God, what is evil about slavery, objective or otherwise? Does it piss off the birds? The rocks? The universe? Do the stars cry for slaves, or black holes? Does slavery affect gravity, chemical bonds, or the resolution of wave functions?

Nah. The Christian definition of "objective" is just "things I feel extra strongly about." But, dontcha see, that's exactly the definition of SUB-jective?
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RE: My views on objective morality
February 26, 2016 at 11:17 am
Exactly. Universe state A becomes universe state B. How do you tell which is "better" without appealing to some sort of point of view? Until you do, it's all just a bunch of stuff.
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RE: My views on objective morality
February 26, 2016 at 11:19 am
It takes away the inherent right of another human being.
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My views on objective morality
February 26, 2016 at 11:21 am
What if we genetically engineered a sub group of humans that truly wanted to be slaves?
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RE: My views on objective morality
February 26, 2016 at 11:22 am
(February 26, 2016 at 11:19 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: It takes away the inherent right of another human being.

And what effect does it have on nature or the universe or pretty much anything outside human civilisation?
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RE: My views on objective morality
February 26, 2016 at 11:22 am (This post was last modified: February 26, 2016 at 11:22 am by ApeNotKillApe.)
(February 26, 2016 at 11:21 am)KUSA Wrote: What if we genetically engineered a sub group of humans that truly wanted to be slaves?

Then your ethical standards would be up for review.
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My views on objective morality
February 26, 2016 at 11:24 am
(February 26, 2016 at 11:22 am)ApeNotKillApe Wrote:
(February 26, 2016 at 11:21 am)KUSA Wrote: What if we genetically engineered a sub group of humans that truly wanted to be slaves?

Then your ethical standards would be up for review.

Are your ethics objective or subjective?
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