[Mind's Eye] Re: Guys? We need to talk.

Yes mate on the whole I agree.

The killing of a human by another human is great example.

My morality says that there is never 'a very good reason' for this to
happen. You are right though it does seem that shared cultural
morality can appear to be objecitive, but we know it is not really.

On Apr 28, 1:55 pm, Chuck Bowling <aardvarkstudio.chu...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I agree that any interpretation of a moral code of conduct is subjective.
> However, it still provides a framework of commonality on which to build a
> consensus of understanding.
>
> For instance, the idea of not killing someone without a very good reason
> lays the groundwork for determining if an action adhered to a set of moral
> standards. If you knock over a liquor store and kill the owner because "da
> fool wouldn't gi me da money" you may have fulfilled your own personal
> criteria of having a very good reason but I'd tend to think twelve other
> people sitting on a jury would disagree - unless your name is OJ Simpson.
>
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 5:45 AM, leerevdoug...@googlemail.com <
>
>
>
> l...@rdfmedia.com> wrote:
> > Yes I think this is true Chuck, however due to the nature of personal
> > subjective morality has it any hope of happening?
>
> > Think of only the Christian faith and see how it has spintered under
> > differances over dogma.
>
> > Even like minded individuals will not share exactly the smae moral
> > code.  Nope there is no objective morality and I don't think there
> > every will be.
>
> > On Apr 27, 8:22 pm, Chuck Bowling <aardvarkstudio.chu...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > The term "morality" can be used either
>
> > >    1. descriptively to refer to some codes of conduct put forward by a
> > >    society or,
> > >       1. some other group, such as a religion, or
> > >       2. accepted by an individual for her own behavior or
> > >    2. normatively to refer to a code of conduct that, given specified
> > >    conditions, would be put forward by all rational persons.
>
> > > The above definition of morality was taken from the Standford
> > Encyclopedia
> > > of Philosophy.
>
> > > It seems to me that while the interpretation of the individual may be
> > > subjective, the overall goal of a code of conduct is to objectify
> > behavioral
> > > expectations within the group or society.
>
> > > On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 6:14 AM, leerevdoug...@googlemail.com <
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> > > l...@rdfmedia.com> wrote:
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> > > > In short then a flawed human is flawed only on measures of subjective
> > > > morality.  I contend that there exists no such thing as objective
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