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BenevolentM -> RE: What good is morality anyway? (3/10/2014 7:14:29 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Rawni Kind of why I didn't take you seriously in the first place. Rawni are you trying to look after me? Such things are endearing.

Rawni -> RE: What good is morality anyway? (3/10/2014 8:09:47 PM)
[:D] Only if I can cage you and have my way with you. I'm really not that nice. Well, I am, but not always. There goes that morality thing. Feel violent yet? [:D]

BenevolentM -> RE: What good is morality anyway? (3/10/2014 9:19:05 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Rawni Only if I can cage you and have my way with you. ... Feel violent yet? Like a Tiger.

Rawni -> RE: What good is morality anyway? (3/10/2014 9:26:27 PM)
LOL I bet. Have a good night. Seriously. [;)]

BenevolentM -> RE: What good is morality anyway? (3/10/2014 9:29:03 PM)
You see what happens when you don't say Get thee behind me Satan! Good night to you as well.

Rawni -> RE: What good is morality anyway? (3/10/2014 9:30:17 PM)
Well, now we are talking a whole different language. [:D]

LookieNoNookie -> RE: What good is morality anyway? (3/10/2014 10:11:41 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BenevolentM There does appear to be a relationship between morality and violence. And here's where the question turns.

BenevolentM -> RE: What good is morality anyway? (3/11/2014 4:23:43 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Rawni Well, now we are talking a whole different language. I said it as gently as I could.

Rawni -> RE: What good is morality anyway? (3/11/2014 12:20:24 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BenevolentM quote: ORIGINAL: Rawni Well, now we are talking a whole different language. I said it as gently as I could. Now, I have been called the spawn of satan, but never, ever before... satan. I've been upgraded! Woot!

BenevolentM -> RE: What good is morality anyway? (3/11/2014 2:03:21 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BenevolentM You see what happens when you don't say Get thee behind me Satan! Good night to you as well. So what I actually said was, if you don't say "Get thee behind me Satan!" soon you will find that the Daughter of Satan will try crawling into your bed. I am employing some humor.

Rawni -> RE: What good is morality anyway? (3/11/2014 2:12:18 PM)
I laughed. [:D]

BenevolentM -> RE: What good is morality anyway? (3/11/2014 2:41:28 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Rawni I laughed. Concerning what you said about writing a book. I have considered this possibility, but there are better ways to achieve my ambitions. I do not see it as a solution.

thetownbicycle -> RE: What good is morality anyway? (3/11/2014 2:50:21 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: fucktoyprincess quote: ORIGINAL: Marc2b Morality is the ability to empathize combined with the willingness and self discipline to behave so as to minimize harm to others. This is nicely put. I'm trying to think of a logical exception to the above, and can't. Holds up for me….. It's nicely put, but I don't know that it applies universally. What if they want to be harmed, and you're willing to accommodate? Who can claim omniscience of all variables and calculate least harm? The closest thing I've found to a Kantian categorical imperative is the non-aggression principle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-aggression_principle

BenevolentM -> RE: What good is morality anyway? (3/11/2014 3:55:25 PM)
The puritanical is a counter-trend.

BenevolentM -> RE: What good is morality anyway? (3/11/2014 3:59:46 PM)
As ZGWHopeful pointed out quote: ORIGINAL: ZGWHopeful Morality and ethics are what separate us from the animals. Do away with them and, at the risk of hyperbole, it's not a huge leap of logic to "My neighbor has a better <thing> than I. I should stab them and take it." morality serves a useful purpose that can be argued to be indispensable, but as thetownbicycle pointed out quote: ORIGINAL: thetownbicycle quote: ORIGINAL: fucktoyprincess quote: ORIGINAL: Marc2b Morality is the ability to empathize combined with the willingness and self discipline to behave so as to minimize harm to others. This is nicely put. I'm trying to think of a logical exception to the above, and can't. Holds up for me….. It's nicely put, but I don't know that it applies universally. What if they want to be harmed, and you're willing to accommodate? Who can claim omniscience of all variables and calculate least harm? The closest thing I've found to a Kantian categorical imperative is the non-aggression principle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-aggression_principle we can't even clearly define what morality is. We know it has something to do with the general welfare.

BenevolentM -> RE: What good is morality anyway? (3/11/2014 4:15:57 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BenevolentM The puritanical is a counter-trend. Why must it get no nonsense and brutal? Because often times it is the only solution available. Though a trend may exist does not mean there fails to exist alternative solutions where a problem can be solved differently, however. People and society often prefer results over what is morally upright. Morality is not results oriented.

BenevolentM -> RE: What good is morality anyway? (3/11/2014 4:17:43 PM)
Since morality is not results oriented, one is often caused to ask, What good is it anyway?

RemoteUser -> RE: What good is morality anyway? (3/11/2014 4:21:11 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BenevolentM we can't even clearly define what morality is. Yes, you can. There were some very clear definitions in the texts I read for the Soc and Philosophy courses I took for giggles (and frankly, easy marks) in University. Do you need book titles and page numbers, or are you going to be brave and go to your own local library?

BenevolentM -> RE: What good is morality anyway? (3/11/2014 4:26:20 PM)
When morality is defined in terms that are comprehensible and results oriented it is easily perverted. The Jewish question becomes no longer a Jewish question it becomes how do we solve this problem once and for all.

RemoteUser -> RE: What good is morality anyway? (3/11/2014 4:26:31 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BenevolentM Since morality is not results oriented, one is often caused to ask, What good is it anyway? This is pure crap. Morals let you define yourself in relation to the rest of the world, at an individual level. The results of morality lie in how they are applied. I use a wrench to undo my bicycle tire, the tire comes off. Easy, yes? By the same token, I apply morality to my actions, I end up acting in a way affects my confidence. The "payoff" is knowing who you are. (I even made that less robotic for ya, be happy.)

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