Recent questions tagged morality

Description : Is it moral to request the free government home Covid tests if you can afford to buy them?

Last Answer : I am continuing to buy my own, because it is no hardship for me and I can easily avoid contact. If I was still out there, I might order from the government. ETA by “out there” I mean working around others, not having the tests for convenience so I can be being more social.

Description : If gravity is a fact, is morality objective?

Last Answer : Gravity is a provable, scientific fact that can be reproduced. Morality is not objective, because it doesn’t have a standard definition, it can’t be proven, it is not scientifically measurable. It is a wiggle-term that means whatever the speaker wants it to. Morality cannot be objective.

Description : When is wearing blackface make-up acceptable?

Last Answer : The series Community had a Dungeons and Dragons episode where one of the guys wore blackface to look like a drow elf wizard. It hasn't been pulled off the air yet. I've never worn blackface ... Black like me the anthropologist wore blackface to understand what it felt like being black in America.

Description : Are you a moral relativist or absolutist?

Last Answer : I think there SHOULD be an absolute morality, but the reality is that morality is acquired – like language, it is learned and therefore must be viewed through the lens of the culture generating it.

Description : Are we becoming numb to mass killings?

Last Answer : Maybe it has less to do with being numb than the girl knowing the killer too well? He seemed to be obsessed with killing and Nazi, as shown on his Facebook profile. He also chose his victims well, a ... we don't know. A backstory that went on for a long time and only people around the killer know.

Description : What are we to make of Trump boasting about telling lies?

Last Answer : So he admitted he’s a moron sometimes, that’s progress.

Description : Why is the West so timid about asserting it's "goodness"?

Last Answer : Again.. I don’t really know anyone that is clamoring to move to any of the three nations you listed. I’m super lefty and think all three examples are fucking horrible led by horrible people. I have never met a person that said, “Kim Jong-un has the right idea.”

Description : How long do you think will the period of slavery following the emergence of sapient Artificial Intelligence last?

Last Answer : It would take another civil war. Or peaceful protests.

Description : Are there more good or bad people in this world?

Last Answer : And how can you define “good” and “bad”? Many times things can change depending on different pespectives. What is bad to some may be good to others and vice versa. More good or bad, you decide.

Description : Are ethics and morals universal and unchanging or are they culturally relative, changing and man-made‎?

Last Answer : answer:The latter. For one thing, ethics and morals are personal. I have heard career criminals say indignantly, “Sure, I’m a thief, but I would never kill someone.” They are influenced by all sorts of things. Cultural, legal, religious. But a basic code that most people agree on is possible.

Description : When someone commits an atrocity, which is worse: To deny any responsibility, or to pretend to have done the right thing?

Last Answer : I think to deny responsibility, the notion of doing the right thing is highly subjective. If I shoot your dog and deny responsibility that makes me a liar as well. If I shoot your dog just because I ... of of an innocent child it could be claimed that shooting said dog was the right thing to do.

Description : Is there a moral obligation to help the less fortunate?

Last Answer : In human relations, the most rewarding course of action is to treat others as you would wish to be treated. It is not so much an obligation as it is the best way to insure a favorable outcome.

Description : Is it immoral to be stupid?

Last Answer : No.

Description : Are all pedophiles bad?

Last Answer : A person that abuses kids AT ALL isn’t a decent ANYTHING. A few good deeds don’t negate bad acts.

Description : What motivates you to do the “wrong” thing?

Last Answer : Poverty

Description : If the party harmed by my action was an informed, willing and competent free agent, was my harmful action immoral?

Last Answer : Was my harmful action immoral? Yes.

Description : Does intelligence lead to morality?

Last Answer : No. Wisdom leads to morality not intelligence. Morality is not a trainable skill but more of an innate quality.

Description : Do you ever go through your partner's wallet/purse?

Last Answer : No. That would be a huge breach of trust. Same with going through internet/cell phone history.

Description : Is there such a thing as right or wrong or are they just people's perceptions ?

Last Answer : No, there’s no such thing as right and wrong, but there are things which different societies agree are essentially objective truths to make the society work together.

Description : If people borrow money, shouldn't they have to pay it back?

Last Answer : Yup! All the banks and other corporations that were bailed out and/or received any kind of corporate welfare by the government should have to pay it back.

Description : If you believe you had discovered a mother’s not so glamorous past, would you ignore it, or would you inquire?

Last Answer : I would simply ask my mom about it. She would honestly answer. We have a good relationship that way.

Description : What is wrong with the people on Judge Judy?

Last Answer : Everything is wrong with them.

Description : Why not steal?

Last Answer : worriedguy.. If I did invite you, why might you not steal from me?

Description : Give us your opinion on cloning.

Last Answer : answer:I think saving a DNA bank of all endangered plant and animal species is an excellent idea. There are problems with cloning though, in that the animal cloned may have health problems due to aging of ... we want. Is that ethical? It depends on what we design and what its intended use will be.

Description : Do you believe that all people are equal?

Last Answer : Ooh, have you read Brave New World? (Aldous Huxley)... If not, you’d find it very interesting…

Description : Is a promise you make to a star while drunk necessarily binding?

Last Answer : The degree to which you are bound to a promise made to a star is exactly the same as that of any promise made to anyone or anything. Basically, it is a balance between how much not fulfilling ... the promise will cause you inconvenience, hassle, grief etcetera. It's a call only you can make.

Description : Would you choose to do the right thing even if it meant turning many people against you?

Last Answer : I can’t say in the abstract. I would like to think so but there are times I have found myself to be incredibly brave and other times when I could kick myself for my silence.

Description : Hypothetical: The boat is sinking, what do you save?

Last Answer : answer:I’m going to feel like shit no matter who I save because of those I left to die. I might as well feel like a rich shit. The rest of them can try to save each other if they can’t save themselves. ;-) Either way, I’m taking the money.

Description : Hypothetical: The train is out of control, who dies?

Last Answer : I’d blow the train’s whistle and hope all seven workers don’t happen to be oblivious

Description : Is a promise you make to a star while drunk necessarily binding?

Last Answer : The degree to which you are bound to a promise made to a star is exactly the same as that of any promise made to anyone or anything. Basically, it is a balance between how much not fulfilling ... the promise will cause you inconvenience, hassle, grief etcetera. It's a call only you can make.

Description : Can you sustain conflicting positions on issues?

Last Answer : answer:Why is that a conflicting viewpoint? I hate my government, but I love my country. Does that seem like a contradiction? I assure you that it isn’t. “The government” is not “my country”. Johnny Cash could entertain troops in Vietnam because he knew that most of them never chose to be there.

Description : The world will end at 7:00pm tomorrow. What are you going to do?

Last Answer : Put me bloody clocks back. Bugger, there always has to be something going on ;¬}

Description : What is your personal moral system? ( code of ethics)

Last Answer : answer:Well, a good place to start would be to answer where you think your morals derive from. For instance, do you feel that your morals/values are derived mostly from within yourself? Your family? Your religion? ... for sure? I'm sure she won't mind if you have to ask her a couple of questions.

Description : Would legal prostitution be immoral?

Last Answer : I think I’m not the one to get in the way of what consenting adults do with their time and money.

Description : Is Our national Debt Immoral?

Last Answer : answer:Odious debt Maybe that will take the edge off.

Description : What are they going to do with the oil recovered from the leaking pipe? What should they do?

Last Answer : I think they should put it all in a huge vat, heat it to boiling, and place all the BP execs and anybody else who had a hand in this mess in it.

Description : What is the difference between ethics and morality?

Last Answer : I slept with George Michael’s ethics teacher, not his morality teacher.

Description : Is it selfish to be kind to others if feeling good about yourself is your motive?

Last Answer : i dont think that it is selfish because you are not recieving an ACTUAL reciprocation of what you are giving. If you help an old lady carry groceries and she pays you its not just a good deed, but ... a good deed. feeling good isnt realyl something that THEY give you, its just a nice side-effect :)

Description : Is it more moral to tax production, or to tax consumption?

Last Answer : Morality has nothing to do with taxes.

Description : How do you feel about an objective moral compass?

Last Answer : there is no objective morality, but there is a moral compass. the moral compass is pointing towards ' dont do things to hurt the tribe you belong to'' there is no objective morality ... another in your argument, or without using any emotionally based arguments. morals are most certainly subjective.

Description : Is honesty always the best policy?

Last Answer : yes,honesty is the best policy. if you cant trust someone then it is almost impossible to have a relationship of any sorts with them. but then again we lie to our kids about Santa! but i guess thats ok

Description : What form of ethics do you follow?

Last Answer : I think I would fall under the category of naturalist however I’d have to look more into it.

Description : Is Faith an important virtue to hold?

Last Answer : Of course it is. This entire life is all about faith and nothing but faith. Even science is only there to lead you back to the very essence of this life: The five-lettered word: “F.a.i.t.h”.

Description : Do you have a friend you only keep because of pity?

Last Answer : definetely not. you can sometimes pity a friend, but never ever be a friend out of pity. that’s just wrong…and where does it get you? or the person you’re “befriending”? nobody gets anything out of a situation like that.

Description : Lesbian women,does one hit back?

Last Answer : Yes. Gender doesn’t matter. If they hit you, they deserve to be hit. A vagina doesn’t absolve you of personal responsibility and give you a free pass to be reckless.

Description : If you there were two people, both bound to die, but in order to save one, you have to kill the other, what would you do and why?

Last Answer : I’m not killing anybody unless they are either shooting at me or stalking my family or hurting my dog.

Description : What is your moral standards based on?

Last Answer : Utilitarianism.

Description : Is having a "sugar daddy" immoral?

Last Answer : I don’t know. It’d be nice to have one though lol

Description : When it comes down to it, are morals and ethics just personal preferences?

Last Answer : Some morals and ethics are universal, I think. Murder for example. I'd wager that the only people (outside of war) who disagree with the statement Murder is wrong' are mentally ill. Then there ... Some feel certain that it is never ok to lie, but others feel that it depends on the circumstances.

Description : Is there always a right thing to do?

Last Answer : There is only the best thing to do.