Doing heroin, meth, cocaine, and other drugs doesn't even fall in the same category as "skiing, sailing, abseiling, skydiving, rock climbing, scuba diving, racing, rugby, bowling, reading, sewing, playing video games, going to the cinema, discussing philosophy..." — Wallows
This isn't even comparable. — Wallows
Doing heroin, meth, cocaine, and other drugs doesn't even fall in the same category as "skiing, sailing, abseiling, skydiving, rock climbing, scuba diving, racing, rugby, bowling, reading, sewing, playing video games, going to the cinema, discussing philosophy..." — Wallows
Moral stances are personal dispositions/"feelings" about the acceptability of interpersonal behavior that one considers more significant than etiquette. — Terrapin Station
What medical application does snorting cocaine or doing meth have? None. So, let it be prohibited is what I think is the best option. — Wallows
Drugs are harmful to oneself and its effects spread out from there like a wave into everything else. It's a global disaster. — TheMadFool
However, it must be understood that some people can control their urges and can moderate, quite effectively, their intake. These people are rare and so no point in giving them leverage.
The vast majority of drug users are slaves to their addiction. So, it is this that we must prevent or cure. — TheMadFool
I think it isn't immoral to take drugs but it is immoral to sit on your hands and do nothing to mitigate the problem. — TheMadFool
lack a meaningful life? — Wallows
If you are not choosing it over responsibilities, and it's not a financial burden, is it really bad?
My main drug in question is marijuana.
Would it be more immoral to lie to people that "it makes them crazy, rapists, and killers?" — Drek
It is not as simple as being an individuals decision to do as s/he pleases. — Athena
If you really adhere to Emotivism, you'll have to explain how it is at all rational to engage in ethical debate, considering you're admitting that your arguments are only valid to you. — Hanover
Socrates thought so. Obeying the law is like driving on the correct side of the road. You don't have to, but a lot goes wrong, can go wrong, if you don't, and a whole lot more if everyone doesn't.Are you sure it is immoral to break the law? — Drek
"Moral debate" is purely a practical matter of trying to persuade people to not treat others (and create laws for others) in a way that you do not prefer, in a way that you disapprove of. It's akin to, say, being in a band and trying to persuade your bandmates to write or play a particular section of a song you're working on a particular way. — Terrapin Station
Do you know of any law that is a law just because it is a law? It's ignorance that's your foundation, your own. More reason and thought, less macho, please.No way in Hell I'm going to think we should follow laws just because they're laws. — Terrapin Station
Then the entirety of your argument would be "don't murder because I prefer people not murder." — Hanover
Do you know of any law that is a law just because it is a law? — tim wood
No, it isn't. There's a whole art to persuasive rhetoric. You're going to tailor it to the person you're trying to persuade, a la the traditional sense of ad hominem. And yeah, it's "disingenuous" on your view, but that hardly matters. The goal is to persuade others. — Terrapin Station
Your defense... to me you are saying, if it is a law it must be good enough on its own. So, if it were legal to steal you'd do it. — Drek
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