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Is doing the wrong thing for the right reason ever morally justified?
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Originally posted by Zippy View PostYes.
PS - Not interested in any navel gazing/hang-wringing debate. Thought that would save y'all some time
dead right. all the talk usually comes after the event, rationalisation. rather than a pre-thought out belief system(\__/)
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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View PostIt's wrong to murder people. If you do, you go to jail.
In a war, it's right to murder people, if you dont, you go to jail
If you steal food, it's wrong and you go to jail
if your kids are starving and you dont steal food, you are wrong and deserve to go to hell
it's not easy. and playing with words dont make it any easierWhile you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Originally posted by Gentile View PostOnly if you consider morality to be a fixed rather than a relative concept.
Note that this doesn't automatically imply that things could occur which some observers might consider wrong and others right, maintenance of consistency would be an important property of the rules, in much the same way that causation is an important property of general relativity.
I also expect that much like einstein's formulation of gravitation the rules won't make a lot of sense to most people and they will have to make do with rules of thumb like "though shalt not kill"While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Is doing the wrong thing for me, but the right thing morally ever personally justified?
I think not.Comment
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Originally posted by Robinho View PostWhat is morally wrong about growing and selling cannabis?The material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.
George Frederic Watts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postman's_ParkComment
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Perhaps the question is, what is morally wrong about breaking the law?bloggoth
If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)Comment
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Originally posted by xoggoth View PostMaybe it's just as well we live in a more sceptic age or HMRC would be telling us it's a mortal sin not to get our tax returns in on time.The material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.
George Frederic Watts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postman's_ParkComment
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