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And when confronted with someone violently harming defenseless children in your care? Some believe violence is wrong even then, others believe pacifism is wron
by kbutler 11y ago
And when confronted with someone violently harming defenseless children in your care?
Some believe violence is wrong even then, others believe pacifism is wrong then.
- Xcelerate 11y agoMy morals don't necessarily match up with what I would do in certain situations.
- Retra 11y agoThat's like saying you don't believe in monsters, yet refusing to open the closet. Your morals match exactly what you would do. What you say about your morals doesn't. What you are is what you do, after all, not what you imagine yourself to be.
- kbutler 11y agoOur morals guide what we hope to become, but aren't always reflected by what we are today.
- ionised 11y agoYour morals and your instincts are two different things.
- Retra 11y agoInstinct is just an innate morality.
- ionised 11y agoI can't say I agree fully. We have instinctual behaviour that leads us to group cooperation, avoiding theft and murder etc. A lot of our morality and legal systems stem from this. On the other hand instinct can lead people to do some seriously shitty things and we try to suppress it in those cases. Morality is a code or system of conduct that you aspire to in order to become a better or more virtuous person. We derive some of it from instinct and some from philosphy.