Protecting oneself isn't a moral question, but a function of life. — Tzeentch
From a philosophical point of view the best model of morality, as I have seen it over and over, is "doing good". But that's not morality; that's merely doing good. — god must be atheist
Can you explain your definitions of "morality" and "good"? It's strange that you dichotomize them like this. — tomatohorse
If I sense the world, there is the sense data which is judgable. I can make a wrong decision, but a lot of the time the best decision is the right one. — Qwex
what is "right" is judged upon by those who own the moral high ground(Maybe Obi-Wan Kenobi). If a larger mass of people consider it to be morally and just to {whatever} — EpicTyrant
But what is morality of the matter? You speak of it as if it is an independent judging measurement, against which you can measure how well things stand up to being moral. So what is your "stick"? how do you define the measure of morality?I judge based on the morality of the matter. — Qwex
Think of me marking the blackboard with a rising, green line.
That's the moral line. It symbolizes, when judging sense data, this is what's beneficent. — Qwex
"But that's not morality; that's merely doing good." That clearly shows you think of them as two different things. — tomatohorse
So yes maybe in a hypothetical scenario in which humans all around the world share the same societal structures my theory could be more Applicable to the whole collective human consciousness but for now it has to be restricted to a regional level since we are all so divided in our values. — EpicTyrant
A strict follower of rule ethics, or deontology, would think that a moral rule should always be obeyed regardless of consequences. The principles are always moral and always right. If you find that unreasonable, as your introduction indicates, it’s probably because you prefer a consequentialist ethics — Congau
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