Posted by moy23 on 5/19/2015 1:52:00 PM (view original):
Posted by bad_luck on 5/19/2015 1:33:00 PM (view original):
My morality and your morality and everyone else's morality are not the same.
Yes - we all have our own principals that help us distinguish between right and wrong, good and bad (which is morality).
Some examples as to how someone can lack morality -
You personally said the ends justify the means which means you would break those very principles of right and wrong if you thought the end result was worth it. What if you killed a man because you knew you'd inherit his money, would you be a man of high morality?
Or how about people that commit atrocities and are deemed 'legally insane' / unable to decifer right from wrong? What can you say about their morality? Was is poor... Or non existent?
History is filled with people that lack morality.... Adolf Hitler, Ted Kaczynski, and Andreas Lubitz to name a few.
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Yes - we all have our own principals that help us distinguish between right and wrong, good and bad (which is morality).
Bingo.
You personally said the ends justify the means which means you would break those very principles of right and wrong if you thought the end result was worth it. What if you killed a man because you knew you'd inherit his money, would you be a man of high morality?
When I said the ends justify the means, did you think I meant in all situations?
It would go against my morals to kill someone to inherit money. I wouldn't do it. Killing someone, in general, goes against my morals. In some cases, though, killing someone is the right decision even if it goes against my own personal morals.
History is filled with people that lack morality.... Adolf Hitler, Ted Kaczynski, and Andreas Lubitz to name a few.
Did Hitler lack morals? Or were his morals different from yours (and most people's)?
Insanity is different. I think someone without the ability to distinguish between right and wrong is the exception to, "everyone has morals."
5/19/2015 5:19 PM (edited)