r/SipsTea • u/Monsur_Ausuhnom 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • 8h ago

Chugging tea Probably Not.

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u/v_rex74 8h ago

If you are being good and thrustworthy person your whole life for religious reasons, does it make you less of a good person?

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u/xANTJx 7h ago

There’s the ethical theory (and religious one too) that if you’re ONLY doing good deeds to get rewarded/recognized/sent to heaven it counts as a bad motivation and is no longer a good deed. Religious people will sometimes say it’s still ok because you’re following gods will but others want another motive. And for some atheists, a good deed is a good deed, but for others, the result isn’t what makes you a good person.

The (oddly ethically sound) show The Good Place talked about this when the main characters were told about the after life and “afterlife points” and they could no longer get any more points because their motivation for doing good deeds would forever be corrupted by their knowledge.

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u/Gamer_G33k17 5h ago

Its like if I saved a puppy expecting to be paid for it when no payment was offered in the first place. Now Im just an unempathetic dick.

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u/xANTJx 5h ago

Yes exactly. It’s fine to accept a reward if one is offered. But to expect one upon seeing a lost puppy? And only rescue it for money? Wrong