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Re: Morality is "subjective" [Re: bloodsheen]
#26428491 - 01/11/20 04:40 PM (4 years, 18 days ago) |
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Hmmm.... Very good points. I wish we could still duel..... Lol
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How would you begin to refute a person making the exact claim you are?
The fact you've met people that disagree with your professed objective morality proves the subjectivity of it. Moral claims/ideals boil down to preference; your individual notion of what people should do/not do.
I can't refute that you feel a sense of objective morality, but I believe most people feel the same despite there being a wide array of different moral frameworks. Morality is not found in nature, it isn't some tangible entity that appears the same to all of us. It's highly contingent on your given upbringing, environment, society, culture, aversion to certain stimuli, ect.
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Re: Morality is "subjective" [Re: WASTE] 1
#26429566 - 01/12/20 11:41 AM (4 years, 17 days ago) |
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Its not my fault if you dont know right from wrong
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Re: Morality is "subjective" [Re: ichugwindex] 3
#26429573 - 01/12/20 11:47 AM (4 years, 17 days ago) |
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ichugwindex said: Hilarious prospect
My morals are singularly objectively true. I have always felt this way. I am objectively moral.
Dont ask me how I came to this conclusion, I just want someone to come at me with that philosophy mumbo jumbo proving that morality is somehow subjective.
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Re: Morality is "subjective" [Re: Asante]
#26429585 - 01/12/20 12:07 PM (4 years, 17 days ago) |
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If it can be quantified and measured its physics. The rest is pretty much opinions.
You cant really quantify and measure the value of human actions
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Re: Morality is "subjective" [Re: Tripsurfer] 1
#26429592 - 01/12/20 12:10 PM (4 years, 17 days ago) |
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There are basic things on this planet that you just KNOW is wrong if you do them for no other reason than to do it. BUT like if others say if it is life or death you have no choice. That is different. Either way in both scenarios the person clearly knows the difference of right or wrong.
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Let me pick your brain a bit. Given the trolley car problem (train is set to hit 5 people but you can pull a lever to divert the train onto another track where it will only hit one person), what is the moral action to take i.e would you pull the lever or do nothing? Does this change if the singular person is a close family member? Or if you know that the 5 people on the track are sex offenders?
Or how about the old "would you steal bread to feed your 2 starving kids" question? What if the decision to steal the bread to save your children results in the bakers death? What if it results in his entire families death? What if the baker has refused to pay you for past work you did for him?
Theres countless thought experiments like these meant to highlight the nuance of these sorts of moral questions. The takeaway is that morality isn't black and white, there isn't always an easily identifiable "right" or "wrong." It all depends on the individual who is assessing the situation
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that you just KNOW is wrong
Thats the whole point. What you KNOW is wrong, is not the same as what I KNOW is wrong. We all have our own ideas of right and wrong
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Existence precedes essence. All morality is man made. All you did was agree with a moral view that you liked that others developed years ago. There is literally nothing objective about morality.
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Re: Morality is "subjective" [Re: WASTE]
#26429933 - 01/12/20 03:43 PM (4 years, 17 days ago) |
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WASTE said: Let me pick your brain a bit. Given the trolley car problem (train is set to hit 5 people but you can pull a lever to divert the train onto another track where it will only hit one person), what is the moral action to take i.e would you pull the lever or do nothing? Does this change if the singular person is a close family member? Or if you know that the 5 people on the track are sex offenders?
Or how about the old "would you steal bread to feed your 2 starving kids" question? What if the decision to steal the bread to save your children results in the bakers death? What if it results in his entire families death? What if the baker has refused to pay you for past work you did for him?
Theres countless thought experiments like these meant to highlight the nuance of these sorts of moral questions. The takeaway is that morality isn't black and white, there isn't always an easily identifiable "right" or "wrong." It all depends on the individual who is assessing the situation
Im not saying all morality is objective. Im saying basic core principles are. Good and evil are not concepts.
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They absolutely are concepts. "Good" or "evil" do not exist unless there is a subject able to conceptualize them. Again, I understand that the lived experience of morality feels intuitive, as if you've been born with the capability to identify a "right" or "wrong" in a given situation, but this does not mean that morality is objective.
What are these basic core principles you speak of? There is a fundamental issue with this discussion because those who believe in an objective morality are unable to define it, and resort to arguing that it is intuitive to all humans. This argument can't be tested or argued against because it is based on a Massive assumption that all humans have this same lived experience as you, which you have no basis for.
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Re: Morality is "subjective" [Re: WASTE] 1
#26429972 - 01/12/20 04:10 PM (4 years, 17 days ago) |
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Love is good. Hate is evil.
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How do you reconcile the fact that there is no consensus on what/who is good/evil? And are you saying "feeling love for people is good, feeling hatred for people is evil?"
I think you should try thinking about this in terms of actions rather than virtues. Regardless of how loving or hateful a person is, how do you measure the morality of their actions?
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spirit_shadow said: There are basic things on this planet that you just KNOW is wrong if you do them for no other reason than to do it. BUT like if others say if it is life or death you have no choice. That is different. Either way in both scenarios the person clearly knows the difference of right or wrong.
They clearly know their version of right and wrong. How you dont understand that everyone has a different moral compass is beyond me. This is not some PhD philosophy shit man, this is the day 1 stuff
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Re: Morality is "subjective" [Re: Near Dylan] 1
#26430155 - 01/12/20 06:45 PM (4 years, 17 days ago) |
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I will agree the further down the rabbit hole the more subjective it gets. Ill give you that. But we are the apex of evolution. we have the capability to discern right from wrong. How you guys don't see that is beyond me.
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spirit_shadow said: I will agree the further down the rabbit hole the more subjective it gets. Ill give you that. But we are the apex of evolution. we have the capability to discern right from wrong. How you guys don't see that is beyond me.
At least Christians have a book to reference. You are literally just making a statement and declaring it's correct because you say it's correct. That's beyond childish, it's just lazy and ignorant.
Why do you have such a hard-on for a subject you have no argument for?
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Re: Morality is "subjective" [Re: bloodsheen]
#26430212 - 01/12/20 07:30 PM (4 years, 17 days ago) |
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Who said I dont believe in god?
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You're right, as humans we can individually discern between right and wrong. Again, the issue is that right and wrong do not appear the same to all people.
My friend hates the taste of eggs, I personally like the taste of eggs. Eggs aren't inherently good or bad, they're just a chickens period which we choose to eat or not eat. The goodness or badness of an egg is judged by our individual reaction to it, not by any objective qualities of the egg. It would be silly of us to claim that eggs are objectively one way or the other, because we understand that people make these judgments as individuals with very specific backgrounds and preferences. Same deal with morality. Our sense of it depends on taste, and no two people have identical preferences.
Side note: if you are religious, your argument from the start should have been "morality is objective because god instilled the same morality into everyone" or "morality is objective as defined within the bible." It wouldn't make your argument any better but then we would have known from the start that your reasoning is impenetrable.
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Re: Morality is "subjective" [Re: WASTE]
#26430340 - 01/12/20 09:14 PM (4 years, 17 days ago) |
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So.... I can kill you no worries and take everything you own?....
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You could actually. There will probably be consequences, but not because the act in itself is wrong. Its just that there are more people around who do believe its wrong and they will come and lock you up
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