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if you make it a rule to do the most horrible things to children and women and men and the elderly, would it then be moral?
by lucyjojo 1y ago
if you make it a rule to do the most horrible things to children and women and men and the elderly, would it then be moral?
- nelox 1y agoA rule to harm people systematically cannot be moral because it contradicts the very point of morality
- lucyjojo 1y agobut we started with "morality is grounded in rules". what does "grounded in" means then? how would you define morality?
- layer8 1y agoMorality without rules is arbitrary and unpredictable. The thesis is that morality without rules isn’t workable. Maybe it’s clearer when replacing “rules” by “principles”.
- esafak 1y agoThat would mean harming themselves and everyone they know. Who would agree to that and why? Such a person would not be of sound mind, and fit to be in a position make judgment on these matters. State your case for this absurd rule. To paraphrase Hitchens, that which is asserted casually can be dismissed casually.
- osullivj 1y agoMany people do not have mind. That's why they stab each other with blunt instruments due to "disrespect".