2007-01-11 08:50:45 · 9 answers · asked by Scout 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Right and wrong are moral judgements, and all moral judgements are constructs of the human mind. Every murderer thought they were doing the right thing, given their personal circumstances.
Actually, the true duality is either progression towards God by radiating the Love of the Creator, or regression from God by acts based in fear and desire for control over others.
So you are fully equiped to evaluate the "rightness" of any act simply by weighing the amount of love contained in that act.
Which is more wrong, for two people to love each other even though they are of the same sex, or for religious fanatics to persecute those two people because of their personal beliefs?
Which act contains love and which act contains fear and desire for control?
The act that contains love is the one that brings you closer to God - period.
2007-01-11 09:01:24 · answer #1 · answered by Elmer R 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
er...yes. The situation cannot be all that matters:
1 You have to have some principle in order to decide in any given situation what is the right and what is the wrong action
2 This principle can, theoretically speaking, be formulated in a way that would apply to more than one situation.
EG
In situation one (say if one is attacked) the situation determines that you are allowed to hit someone
In situation two (normal) the situation determines that you are NOT allowed to hit someone.
So we can characterise these situational judgements in a way that covers both: "You are only allowed to hit someone in self defence". Add in more and more situations and your principles tend towards a univerality.
The other way to look at it is....er...the other way around. Take someone who believes in situationist ethics. Take a situation, Ask them what they think the ethics of the situation is. Then ask them WHY, and this is a principle. Adding more and more situations, again, tends towards universality.
2007-01-11 09:02:35 · answer #2 · answered by anthonypaullloyd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I think the situation is all that matters. There can usually be found a justification for any action, given the right circumstances.
2007-01-11 08:55:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do, though I can't tell you any. I don't think they're likely to be the kinds of things that can be easily expressed in just a few words.
2007-01-11 08:59:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I do. In spite of the fact that our intuitions are fallible, we have genuine intuitive perceptions of moral realities which are independent of us.
2007-01-11 08:56:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think there should be but we are all human and so have emotions to deal with.
2007-01-11 08:56:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I go along with Erin on this one.
**JENN THE PARANOID CHRISTIAN
2007-01-11 08:56:26 · answer #7 · answered by Air Head 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes.
2007-01-11 08:58:21 · answer #8 · answered by wanda3s48 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2007-01-11 09:02:22 · answer #9 · answered by quietwater 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋