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As in, general right and wrong instead of your personal right and wrong.
Communisto
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general right and wrong? are you saying there is some universal set of ethics?
No, I am simply getting the idea that you would like to see dog eating abolished because it does not fit your morals.
Communisto
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Yup. But isn't that kind of a weak arguement? I can assume you'd want child raping and other such horrible acts abolished because it doesn't fit your set of morals?
- Dogs are not humans
- Dogs to be eaten are usually slaughtered in a somewhat painless manner
- Dogs cannot feel the emotional distress of having been raped
Communisto
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I wasnt equating eating a dog to child raping, i was stating that the only reason you think child raping should be abolished is because it goes against your morals (as it would with any sane person), same logic with me being against dog eating.
However, child rape is condemned by a vast majority, and AFAIK is illegal in all countries. Dog eating is neither, which leaves it an open field.
Communisto
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so? I've still proved myself right. You say it's alright to eat dogs and I say it isn't. both our opinions are based on our own set of personal morals. It seems to me that youre implying that the only course of action is to deem acceptable whatever the majority of the population deems acceptable and normal and base your morals around those of the people around you, which is a dangerous way of thinking.
Funny how your sense of morality sounds a lot like peer pressure.
Communisto
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exactly my point, you just conveyed it better hahah
So, you're saying morality isn't?
Communisto
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morality is based (or should be based) on ones own experiences and values.
Communisto
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there's a difference between being based and being complete copies. My values could be completely different than say my brother's who has had the same environment as me. You're saying that morality should be dictated by the values and opinions of the majority. If what you say is true, then my brother should be exactly like me in personality.
And at the base levels, like when speaking about child rape, morality is dictated by the majority.
Communisto
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That's just rediculous, I'm not even gonna bother with that one.
I would also agree that morality is highly dependant on one's environment. If one had to survive in a world where virtually all people from time to time commited murder (something possibly true in pre-historic times) he would have no real incentive to act against such a capability for violence in himself either. On the contrary one would feel left out if he in his view expressed more hostility than the average person in his environment did (since this could lead to him being marginalised, either by others, or through reflection on his supposed differences from them in regards to basic morality).
Morality, when not taken to extremes, only serves the basic ability to socialise.
Morality, when not taken to extremes, only serves the basic ability to socialise.
Good, spares me the effort of having to state my position a dozen times after I get up tomorrow.
I believe in an absolute morality. So, yes, I do believe morality is more than simple human survival instinct.
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