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You must have a lot of trouble buying anything, since I assume you apply your principles consistently? Clothing manufactured in countries that overlook child l
by kepler1 5y ago
You must have a lot of trouble buying anything, since I assume you apply your principles consistently? Clothing manufactured in countries that overlook child labor, chemicals / metals in your electronic devices coming from dictatorships, oil in your car coming from environmentally devastated areas?
- mleonhard 5y agoVirtuous choices are still virtuous, even when one chooses them inconsistently. Due to globalization, there are few 100% moral products. When I'm making a purchase, I usually spend some energy investigating the morality of different options. I have limited energy and funds. It's always a tradeoff between research time, product cost, product quality, and product availability. I put more energy into big-impact things like housing, transportation, electronics, job, etc. You judged me and wrote that I'm inconsistent. When you wrote your comment, I think you were experiencing a self-righteous feeling. You probably enjoyed that feeling. Pay attention to that. It's not the same as happiness or satisfaction. The self-righteous feeling doesn't help you. It enables small human groups to expel or punish rule-breakers. When a human feels self-righteousness, they stop thinking clearly. Similar behavior happens with anger & fear. When a person feel self-righteousness, they blindly follow their leaders and shun/attack/kill the accused. Personally, I think self-righteousness has little place in modern society.