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true, addiction is not a moral failing that doesn't negate what I said at all, not striving to keep a healthy body and healthy mind, not working on developing

true, addiction is not a moral failing that doesn't negate what I said at all, not striving to keep a healthy body and healthy mind, not working on developing yourself, on elevating yourself, not wanting to become better, IS a moral failing and certain hedonistic activities, like the social media dopamine dispensers, although they do not hurt other people, do hurt the moral imperative of growing yourself as a person

keernan 2y ago
>>not striving to keep a healthy body and healthy mind, not working on developing yourself, on elevating yourself, not wanting to become better, IS a moral failing Whoa. How is it any of your business how I live my life so long as I am not impacting you or society in any way? I'm 72 years old and I spend my time the way I want to spend my time. I don't exercise any longer. And that will almost certainly shorten how much longer I live. How is that any of your business?
- GeoAtreides 2y ago
  Just because your choices might not affect me, and they don't, at all, doesn't mean they're moral, doesn't mean they're good. I would rank self-actualization, personal growth, as the second rule behind the golden rule, and there are many schools of philosophy where that's the case: aristotelian ethics, kantian ethics, existentialism, etc.
  - keernan 2y ago
    >>I would rank self-actualization Why should I (or anyone) care where you (or anyone) rank anything? I'm pretty comfortable with my ranking of things. What someone else thinks about how I decide to live my life is pretty much at the bottom of my ranking board.
- lotsofpulp 2y ago
  > Whoa. How is it any of your business how I live my life so long as I am not impacting you or society in any way? I'm 72 years old and I spend my time the way I want to spend my time. I don't exercise any longer. And that will almost certainly shorten how much longer I live. How is that any of your business? Because your actions will impact society. You might get healthcare, paid for by the rest of society, which may or may not be caused by you not exercising. Or it might be caused by you exercising. The way people raise their kids affects society, or even simply their decision to have or not have a certain number of kids impacts society. Some personal actions can collectively impact society.
  - keernan 2y ago
    Maybe you talking shit causes some of us to experience stress which results in medical issues that impacts society. We could go on that merry-go-round forever. Just ridiculous.
lazide 2y ago
Said on a social media platform?

keernan 2y ago

>>not striving to keep a healthy body and healthy mind, not working on developing yourself, on elevating yourself, not wanting to become better, IS a moral failing Whoa. How is it any of your business how I live my life so long as I am not impacting you or society in any way? I'm 72 years old and I spend my time the way I want to spend my time. I don't exercise any longer. And that will almost certainly shorten how much longer I live. How is that any of your business?

GeoAtreides 2y ago
Just because your choices might not affect me, and they don't, at all, doesn't mean they're moral, doesn't mean they're good. I would rank self-actualization, personal growth, as the second rule behind the golden rule, and there are many schools of philosophy where that's the case: aristotelian ethics, kantian ethics, existentialism, etc.
- keernan 2y ago
  >>I would rank self-actualization Why should I (or anyone) care where you (or anyone) rank anything? I'm pretty comfortable with my ranking of things. What someone else thinks about how I decide to live my life is pretty much at the bottom of my ranking board.
lotsofpulp 2y ago
> Whoa. How is it any of your business how I live my life so long as I am not impacting you or society in any way? I'm 72 years old and I spend my time the way I want to spend my time. I don't exercise any longer. And that will almost certainly shorten how much longer I live. How is that any of your business? Because your actions will impact society. You might get healthcare, paid for by the rest of society, which may or may not be caused by you not exercising. Or it might be caused by you exercising. The way people raise their kids affects society, or even simply their decision to have or not have a certain number of kids impacts society. Some personal actions can collectively impact society.
- keernan 2y ago
  Maybe you talking shit causes some of us to experience stress which results in medical issues that impacts society. We could go on that merry-go-round forever. Just ridiculous.

lazide 2y ago

Said on a social media platform?