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Old 04-28-2003, 01:04 PM  
UnseenWorld
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Originally posted by gothweb


I tend to be a Realist about almost everything. As such, I doubt that morality is actually wholly subjetive. I do, however, accept that *if* there is an absolute morality, it would be hard to prove.

As such, I try to talk and think about morality as a subjective thing. I think in this post I have done that. I don't expect everyone to have the same morality, but I disapprove of those who don't bother to think about moral questions at all, or apply some moral standard to their actions. I also disapprove of people whose morality is much laxer than mine, though I admit that's pretty much an opinion-only statement.
Ethics makes no sense without absolutes. Somehow, we know it's wrong (and not just a "cultural thing") to put out a cigar in a baby's eye and we would know that any "culture" which sanctioned that sort of thing was horrid without hiding behind the idea that it's just our view.
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