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[lizblackdog]

curefreak's latest poll got me thinking about moral relativism.

[Poll #671705]

Comments

[curefreak.livejournal.com]

I have authority issues. I want to know "WHY" I am supposed to do something. Being told "Because I said so" does not work for me.

I run to my own moral code, as this is my life. I try not to hurt others because, I don't like hurting them, not because it is "wrong".

I never signed a contract when I was born saying I would obey the moral majority, or laws. Yes, obviously society has influenced and shaped me, but I am not its pawn. I don't behave the way I do to avoid punishment from society, moreover I behave the way I do so that I don't hurt people and ultimately (and instictively selfishly), so I am a happier person within myself.

[emily-shore.livejournal.com]

But the fact that you don't obey the moral majority doesn't necessarily imply that you are a moral relativist, of course...

[curefreak.livejournal.com]

Oh I completely agree. A clinical psychopath for example, who is almost entirely ruled by his ID, is not a moral relativist.

I just used this an opportunity to go on a mini "ordered anarchistic" tangent/rant ;)

[emily-shore.livejournal.com]

Fair enough. I think I agree with most of what you said. :)