There's no blanket answer to that, as I've already made clear. Why are you asking me poorly considered questions, one at a time, at a snails pace? Do you think that that meets an acceptable standard? Because I do not. — S
There's no blanket answer to that, as I've already made clear. Why are you asking me poorly considered questions, one at a time, at a snails pace? Do you think that that meets an acceptable standard? Because I do not.
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No you didn't. — tim wood
That's why it was a problematic question. It depends on a whole bunch of factors to the point that it's rash to even make a judgement without knowing the full details of a particular case. The question should be, "Is this particular case immoral?", but for that we'd need to know more, so my response would be, "Tell me as much as possible about it". — S
Ad hominems aside, what's the issue here. — Wallows
Is it moral to take illegal drugs? — tim wood
And your opinion matters only if this is T-ball and you want the "ball" teed up a little higher, or lower, or whatever. But this isn't T-ball, so your opinion does not matter. You yourself are more like the batter who cannot hit the ball, but who struts and puffs out his chest and flaps his lips making foolish noises and who glances around all as if he meant something, while all the time being just a fool who takes up space and wastes time.
You have your views, and you're impervious to any sort of reason. But you like to sucker people into setting it up for you, not so you can hit it, because we have finally learned that you cannot, but so you can piss on it. And that, finally, is disgusting. That's you, in discussion disgusting. — tim wood
But in all their invective there seems no counterargument, just the invective. — tim wood
Well, you are a balloon popper and button presser, so whatever floats your boat, I suppose. — Wallows
I'm not going to deny that, but I'll say that if you allow yourself to be startled by popped balloons, and if you allow your buttons to be pressed, then that's a sign of weakness, and weakness is something which one should learn to overcome. If you become strong enough, this ceases to be a problem. — S
There's always a moral beneath the surface. — S
I'm not sure if Socrates took joy in being the gadfly. Maybe it was some proto-Kantian duty he sought to fulfill. — Wallows
Duty to what? Or who? Anyway, I speak my mind and take joy in playing with mice. That's just the sort of gadfly I am. A catlike gadfly, I guess. A catfly? My duty is to myself, my principles, my desires, my values, and my whims. Me, me, me. — S
Then argue the other side. — tim wood
That's because you haven't understood the tension in this thread, which itself arises from people who refuse to understand the question. The question of the OP is,"Is it immoral to do illegal drugs?" That's takes a yes or a no answer. To my way of thinking, the "illegal" answers. Of course there are other reasons too.ALL ILLEGAL ACTIONS ARE IMMORAL. — ZhouBoTong
Are some laws worth breaking, immorality aside? — tim wood
Exactly. The immorality of breaking the law is overridden by a presumably superior morality - and would be just the morality of the winner, except for reason and the idea of ethics/morality. But the immorality of breaking the law never goes away - how could it? - except for people who won't acknowledge this concept. .Why are they worth breaking, if not for moral reasons? — DingoJones
But the immorality of breaking the law never goes away - how could it? - except for people who won't acknowledge this concept. . — tim wood
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