another moral question?
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Akasha... I knew a beautiful feline named Akasha, once...\n\nAnyhow, yes, I do think it would be to them, but then, just being a part of a pagan belief is sinful in their minds. Forget what they think, they're only guessing, anyhow.
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I don't think that this should determine or have any effect on the question of morality here.  The fact is that natural childbirth can cause tearing, sometimes very severe tearing.
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I don't know that there is a moral per se.. I suppose one could say that all people have a destiny to fulfill, and that we should sieze opportunities when they present themselves.
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...and the question is?
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You have my attention....what a fabulous question!\n\nI have no answer.\n\nI have an opinion,  maybe there is no infinite punishment. \n\nHow does a person define sin anyway?
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Good luck, But wher is the question?????
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Is there a real question in this?
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Okay this is the last one. I wont answer any more...\n\nbut then I would do that untill you award me 10 points that you are supposed to by choosing this as best one.
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I concur.  I feel like adherence to a prescribed moral principle removes personal responsibility.  I've felt that way (only perhaps less eloquent!) since I was eight.  If you are a good person because you adhere to the Bible / church values unquestioningly, you aren't actually a good person.  You are only truly good if you are the person choosing your own behavior.  I think fundamentally it boils down to manners - in greater or lesser dimensions.
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That's a tough philosophical question.  It's akin to this situation:  Your neighbor regularly beats his wife, and you know about you. One day you bring it up to her, and she insists "Yes, he beats me, but I love him and I probably deserve it."  What is your moral duty?  To leave her to live her life as she chooses, or to decide that she is unable to make that choice, and call the cops.  If that situation doesn't ring your bell, how about a freind who is addicted to drugs?  Do you force him into rehab with the thought that your judgement is better than his, or leave him to live his life as he chooses?  It gets quickly into the idea that one person or group of people are better able to decide how another group should live, or how they should act. Now, saying it like that, it sounds horrible, and an automatic reaction is "Nobody can judge better than anyone else-nobody should tell another person how to live"...but if the exact opposite of that statement were not true, could we live together?  We make these sorts of judgements all the time, in the name of law- Drugs are illegal, prostitution is illegal, various religions decide what is right and wrong, we personally intercede in our family's and freind's lives, even when they don't ask for it...\nHow you answer those questions will in large part determine whether or not the US should impose freedom and democracy on people, even when they profess to not want it.
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it's supposed to be ask A question, not two dozen of them, lol. are you a philosophy major? ;) (if not, you might consider it....)\n\npersonally i like to believe that people innately have a sense of right and wrong, that we naturally are inclined to assume the best in others rather than go around killing and maiming. not sure that's the case, though. is it our first instinct to step on a spider? or only after we've been stung or bitten or harmed?\n\npart of me thinks that being mean is taught by other people, so maybe these two would be child-like in their curiosity and interest and willingness to assume the best in one another. or, maybe they'd be so used to fending for themselves that the self-interest gene would kick into high gear. certainly they'd be leery of another person.\n\nif morality requires empathy, and empathy is the ability to imagine yourself in the situation of others, then before they meet they aren't immoral, exactly, but rather amoral -- there's no need to know right and wrong, since there are no other people to be affected by their actions. in fact, it's hard to imagine even having a concept of yourself until there's another person to see yourself as being distinct from.\n\nin reality human contact in the earliest weeks after birth seems to be essential for moral development. children with reactive attachment disorder (from neglect or abuse or lack of nurturing) as an infant are the ones who grow up to be sociopaths, with absolutely zero regard for other people.\n\nfun stuff!
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How in the World are you asking that question of "moral man"?  \n\nGOD has a plan, and JESUS CHRIST is part of the plan...\n\nGOD knew that we would screw up, and that HE set up HIS SON, so that we might have Salvation after all our sins were forgiven.  We are a sinful race by nature, as we were given free will, and we dont do very well, with it at the moment, do we?\n\nBelieve in HIS SON, that HE died for our Sins, and you too, can be forgiven of them...\n\nI wish you well..\n\nJesse
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Morality as in?\nIf you tell me I can help.
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Intereresting theory and worth pondering.  Moral questions can certainly only be answered individually as each individual has their own moral standard. Unless, of course, the moral standard is that of a culture, and then the standard would be set by majority opinion and actions.\n\nWhen it comes to internet answers to morality questions, I would suggest that we need to look at the demographic of those answering.  The question is most likely being answered by a younger (ie: more internet savvy) audience than what might be found in society.  Also, since you don't know the personal moral standards of those answering, it is hard to judge if their own morality is a right fit for your own (the asker).\n\nI try not to give 'pat' answers to any question I am answering, but then again, I also don't try to push my morals onto others....\n\nGreat question! Very thought provoking.
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I don't think of the American conscience in these terms, so I cannot answer this question.\n\nI doubt the liberals will ever provide a consensus for morality.
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I would say that ethics are governed by those around you. In other words a general consensus is arrived at by the cumulative agreement of many...whereas morality is decided within the hearts of each of us...we alone decide what is and isn't morally right. Others may have an opinion but ultimately the final decision on morality is our own..~
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If morals are a personal choice, why is it you are criticizing a "right winger's" moral decision to complain that you do not have morals?????? I mean, morals are a personal choice right?