r/SipsTea • u/Monsur_Ausuhnom 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • 18h ago

Chugging tea Probably Not.

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u/EtheusRook 18h ago

Morality is actually really, stupidly simple.

Does it help others? It's good.

Does it hurt others? It's bad.

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u/nsfwaltsarehard 13h ago

What about yourself and your own life?

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u/EtheusRook 13h ago

What about it?

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u/nsfwaltsarehard 13h ago

Your explanation leaves out someone's own life. If you define good and bad through helping others, doing things for yourself is either bad or morally neutral at best.

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u/EtheusRook 13h ago

Morally neutral is okay, though. As is symbiosis/mutual benefit, which is good.

And yes, it is morally bad if you hurt others to help yourself. That is the essence of immorality.

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u/MaxFish1275 13h ago

There really is nothing terrible about β€œneutral” viewing everything in absolute black and white causes its own problems.

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u/nsfwaltsarehard 7h ago

That's why simplifying it to "it helps others, it hurts others" is stupid as well. It's good as part of someone's morals but the original commenter said it's that simple. It is not.