Do you believe in absolute morality? Why or why not?
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WeimerSolutions on scored.co
1 year ago0 points(+0/-0)1 child
What I was trying to say with that question was that an evil deed can take place where the perprator does not see any consequences, but it is still evil. The falling tree makes a sound. There can even be evil things done consensually and no one involved perceives the consequences. The consequences can come later and / or to unrelated parties. So it is very incomplete to generalize the entire concept of morality to just consequence.
There is right and wrong regardless of the consequences or lack thereof. That is what morality is. We cant always wait for the results to find out what is right or wrong to do. We must know what is evil before we act.
Let me simplify. A shoplifter goes uncaught. Was it moral / okay to shoplift bc there were no consequences? Is the shop owner evil or immoral bc he suffers the consequences?
What is the evil deed: the theft or the failure to prevent it?
I figured which is why I asked those difficult questions. I dosagree woth you, subjective morality means no morality at all or worse a misplacement of what we consider to be good deeds and evil deeds.
From the theifs subjevtive moral viewpoint, shoplifting was good. From the customer's viewpoint, the shopkeeper raising his prices is evil. A third party reads the story and says the shopkeeper is evil bc he sells and eats meats. A fourth person enters and thinks no evil deeds were done then he shoot everyone.
With objective morality, the evil deed was the theft regardless of what the shoplifter or anyone thinks of it and regardless of any consequences or lack thereof. Without an objective morality, we cannot have laws.
Subjective morality = total chaos (What is normal to the spider is chaos to the fly)
Objective morality = order (collective effort against actions that cause the mist undesirable consequences)
There is right and wrong regardless of the consequences or lack thereof. That is what morality is. We cant always wait for the results to find out what is right or wrong to do. We must know what is evil before we act.
What is the evil deed: the theft or the failure to prevent it?
From the theifs subjevtive moral viewpoint, shoplifting was good. From the customer's viewpoint, the shopkeeper raising his prices is evil. A third party reads the story and says the shopkeeper is evil bc he sells and eats meats. A fourth person enters and thinks no evil deeds were done then he shoot everyone.
With objective morality, the evil deed was the theft regardless of what the shoplifter or anyone thinks of it and regardless of any consequences or lack thereof. Without an objective morality, we cannot have laws.
Subjective morality = total chaos (What is normal to the spider is chaos to the fly)
Objective morality = order (collective effort against actions that cause the mist undesirable consequences)