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| I went back to reread the original question:
Do your morals/ethics/beliefs change to fit your mood?The short answer is no. To change morals or ethics every time a different mood strikes seems like emotional chaos. At that point, I'd wonder if there were any present at all. |
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| T, interesing point. Challenges the concepts of what morals are, doesn't it? That seems like a very relevant point to me. If your convictions change so quickly, are they really convictions in your mind?
I like where this is going, I feel a resolution coming soon.
*Phil
Enso Aikido Dojo
Burnsville, MN
"Q: If you're rolling along the ocean on a jet ski and the wheels fall off, do you still have enough pancakes to cover a doghouse?
A: Purple, because ice cream has no bones." |
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| | Morals are rarely black and white. For example, our personal ethic may dictate that running over small fuzzy animals on purpose is wrong. Our personal ethic may dictate that running over small children is wrong as well. A situation could arise where these need to be balanced, one against the other. In this case, I think the animal gets run over. I have technically violated my personal ethic. Does that make my action immoral? Who knows? Ultimately, it does not change the fact that I feel bad about running over the small furry animal and it does not change the original belief that to do so is wrong. This is a situation that is easy to justify. Lets face it, being human is being selfish, mean, and all off those other nasty little things we try not to be most of the time. We do things we know are wrong according to our personal ethic. The foundational rules of the ethic do not change that easily. What do change are the situations we are faced with and how we balance competing values. Our choice to violate our personal ethical values system doesn't necessarily change the value system, it just causes us to feel guilty or to make rationalizations as to why it is OK. |
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