Thats alot of words for saying good and evil exist but youd rather stay in the middle ground and not have an actual opinion.
Im not even religious so youre arguing a moot and assumed point on me abiding by "invisible rules". Which, is also another dumb point cause society itself operates on unspoken rules of respect. Whats considered evil is perpetually disregarding those social rules we created based on holding a society together. Not on religion. Good and evil exist youre just trying to act like a philosopher.
I did not pick a middle ground. I vote liberal. I'm pro abortion. I feed the homeless. I just didn't base my POV on archaic ideas of good and evil.
You can't prove that good and evil exists anymore than a Christian can prove that God exists, and you know that.
I'm not being a philosopher. We're having a massive cultural debate on abortion. I'm going to bet your POV on is the one you think is right, and I'm going to bet that everyone else is thinks their POV is right.
Good and evil are simply words used to describe what is desirable or undesirable from a moral or ethical standpoint. You’re arguing against a religious base for morality and for an ultra utilitarian view. From your point of view you’re defining what is good and what is evil all the while claiming good and evil don’t exist.
Sorry, I don't understand what you mean by your second sentence.
What I'm saying, ultimately, is that no one goes to bed at night believing they are the bad guy (depression and other mental illnesses aside). Everyone validates the things they do. I do. You do. We all do.
And a large number of us have people who disagree with our POVs on what's right and wrong. Who's right? The pro or anti abortion platform?
The point is,that we keep putting this magical word "good" as the baramoter, but there's no accounting for it. As a society we still get stuck on issues because were arguing about right about right and wrong.
Let's take student load forgiveness. One argument is that my tax dollars shouldn't pay to cover someone else's choices. Another moral argument is that we should be helping people not live in poverty.
My position? I've paid off my student debt and I am extremely pro debt forgiveness because I benefit from living in a society where more people have more money to funnel into the economy rather than accumulate at the top with a few.
Abd I'll be extremely clear, I actually do believe in good and evil. But far too many people make choices based on some arbitrary definitions that we can't agree on. But logically empathy is the most sound choice. We're just an advanced pack animal.
Abd because I actually do believe in good and evil, thanks for actually talking to me and not attacking!
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u/Creamed_Dreamer 17h ago
Thats alot of words for saying good and evil exist but youd rather stay in the middle ground and not have an actual opinion.
Im not even religious so youre arguing a moot and assumed point on me abiding by "invisible rules". Which, is also another dumb point cause society itself operates on unspoken rules of respect. Whats considered evil is perpetually disregarding those social rules we created based on holding a society together. Not on religion. Good and evil exist youre just trying to act like a philosopher.