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Morality is rooted in authority.

• antonvs 6y ago
  If that were the case, morals would always be aligned with authority, and protests or dissent wouldn't exist.
  • badrabbit 6y ago
    They are always aligned with authority, that is what I was implying. Protests anf dissent exist over disagreemnts about authority.
    • antonvs 6y ago
      Protests and dissent exist over disagreements about morality. Authority is a mechanism by which certain moral positions are enforced, but morality is not "rooted in" authority. If it were rooted in authority, it wouldn't make sense for it to be in opposition to that authority.