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> How do you define "morality"? As we are all adults here and know where to find definitions of words, I suppose you want to ask "on what principles do you gro
by gbog 12y ago
> How do you define "morality"?
As we are all adults here and know where to find definitions of words, I suppose you want to ask "on what principles do you ground your morality?" and then "on what things do you ground these principles?"
There is no good answer to that.
Kantian ethics say you ground morality on a "test": "if I cannot want all other people to do what I consider doing, it is wrong, I shouldn't do it". It works not so bad but has issues.
Utilitarianism say: "I should do it only if the overall sum of happiness will not decrease". This has even bigger issues, the lest of which is that you will be allowed to pee in the neighbour's flowers at night.
For me, morality is grounded on principles, which are not grounded on anything, and do not need to be.