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dynamic morality vs static morality or universal morality
May 2, 2018 at 7:56 pm
I'm writing an essay that basically is arguing against everything I believe in both while a Deist and now as a Muslim, about morality.
I am going the Devil's advocate route.
Basically I want to be able to justify illicit relationships of any kind as well as having a sex with a real live bear by a woman but not universally, but just in her particular case.
What I can't argue that is that all society should do that. So I will be arguing that morality is dynamic, it depends on the state and knowledge of the individual and their thought process, their strengths and weakness, and there is no universal way nor is there a static way that everyone has to adhere to.
I have a lot of arguments for it, but I'm interested to hear thoughts here.
The essay context is of a book called "Bear".
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RE: dynamic morality vs static morality or universal morality
May 2, 2018 at 8:10 pm
Bears will only have oral sex with humans and they do swallow. They can swallow a lot in one sitting.
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RE: dynamic morality vs static morality or universal morality
May 2, 2018 at 8:52 pm
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Only anal sex and call your bear Poo.
Thought on concept: If you pick something more reasonable than sex with a bear you might create a more intelligent sounding paper.
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RE: dynamic morality vs static morality or universal morality
May 2, 2018 at 9:02 pm
I don't really choose the books we studied.
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RE: dynamic morality vs static morality or universal morality
May 2, 2018 at 9:16 pm
(May 2, 2018 at 9:02 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: I don't really choose the books we studied.
There is a book about sex with a bear?
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RE: dynamic morality vs static morality or universal morality
May 2, 2018 at 9:41 pm
So far I'm going on the lines of:
One cannot act according to strength and potentiality of others. (Talk about the book in that respect)
One knows their circumstances best and is best fit to asses situation they are in. (talk about the book in that respect)
Sometimes two opposite paths are like red and green colours, they lead to different outcomes, but it's just a color, not right or wrong. (etc)
One responds to their own impulse and their impulse is best understood by them. (etc)
Two different choices in states even with all circumstances, just means, it's that, a different choice, and they both maybe equally valid even if opposite. (etc)
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RE: dynamic morality vs static morality or universal morality
May 2, 2018 at 9:44 pm
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You don't really need any novel moral arguments. There are many illicit relationships and actions that are not in any way immoral. Fucking a melon is illicit. Mixing meat and diary is illicit. Drinking is illicit. Homosexuality is illicit. Polygamy is illicit. Hell, not waiting for a red light to turn on an empty stretch of flat road at 3am is illicit.
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RE: dynamic morality vs static morality or universal morality
May 2, 2018 at 9:45 pm
What am I'm arguing, they be immoral for someone but someone else it's not immoral.
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RE: dynamic morality vs static morality or universal morality
May 2, 2018 at 9:53 pm
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I think that's going to be an unnecessarily difficult lift, personally. You'll be arguing for complete moral relativism.
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RE: dynamic morality vs static morality or universal morality
May 2, 2018 at 9:55 pm
(May 2, 2018 at 9:53 pm)Khemikal Wrote: I think that's going to be an unnecessarily difficult lift, personally. You'll be arguing for complete moral relativism.
No, it won't. It's arguing for dynamic morality, not that everyone can decide morality, but that it changes person to person, state to state, condition to condition.
Relative morality would be everyone decides what their morality is, or do I got it wrong?
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