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Started by Tank, February 23, 2012, 07:04:57 AM

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Whitney

Loving somebody.
Clearing you old neighbours path of snow.
Helping a blind person cross the road.
Contributing serviceable old clothes to charity.
Contributing £/$10 a month to a secular children's charity that supports orphans in the third world.
Having a child in a stable and loving relationship
Going to the gym or swimming
Going to the shops to buy food.
Cutting your lawn.
Studying for a qualification or personal interest.
Reading a non-fiction book
Reading a novel
Looking at internet porn.
Drinking alcohol.
Smoking pot.
Eating too much
Smoking tobacco.
Being mean to somebody on the internet because you don't like them.
Skipping school.
Killing an armed bugler you find in your house at night.
Taking heroin or cocaine.
Hating somebody.
Stealing food from a supermarket to feed your family when you have no money.
Finding a wallet in the street you take the cash but return the wallet to the owner.
Hitting somebody because they annoyed you.
Taking home a bottle of Tipex from work that you did not pay for. (what is Tipex?)
Stealing a luxury box of chocolates from a supermarket when you have the money to pay for it.
Cheating on your tax return to save yourself £/$500.
Stealing a car.
Burgling a house.
Ill treating a pet.
Killing somebody who has hurt you personally.

ThinkAnarchy

Good
-Going to the shops to buy food
-Helping a blind person cross the road.
.-Killing an armed bugler you find in your house at night.
-Contributing £/$10 a month to a secular children's charity that supports orphans in the third world.
-Cheating on your tax return to save yourself £/$500.
.-Having a child in a stable and loving relationship
-Loving somebody.
-Hating somebody.

Neutral
-Finding a wallet in the street you take the cash but return the wallet to the owner. (You did something good and bad)
-Looking at internet porn.
-Killing somebody who has hurt you personally. (Depends on how they hurt you. If they murdered a family member or raped you;    GOOD. If they simply called you a dirty name; Bad.)
-Cutting your lawn.
-Clearing you old neighbours path of snow.
-Contributing serviceable old clothes to charity.
-Smoking pot.
-Taking heroin or cocaine.
-Smoking tobacco.
-Drinking alcohol.
-Eating too much
-Going to the gym or swimming
-Reading a novel
-Reading a non-fiction book
-Studying for a qualification or personal interest.
-Skipping school.

Bad
-Taking home a bottle of Tipex from work that you did not pay for.
-Being mean to somebody on the internet because you don't like them.
-Stealing food from a supermarket to feed your family when you have no money. (But depending on other circumstances could be neutral. )
-Stealing a luxury box of chocolates from a supermarket when you have the money to pay for it. (Always bad)
-Ill treating a pet.
-Hitting somebody because they annoyed you.
-Burgling a house.
-Stealing a car.



"He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having both of them borrowed." -Ben Franklin

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." -credited to Franklin, but not sure.

xSilverPhinx

Good

Going to the shops to buy food.
Contributing £/$10 a month to a secular children's charity that supports orphans in the third world.
Having a child in a stable and loving relationship
Clearing you old neighbours path of snow.
Skipping school.
Studying for a qualification or personal interest.
Contributing serviceable old clothes to charity.

Neutral

Helping a blind person cross the road. (Depends on if they want to be helped)
Looking at internet porn. (Just legal)
Being mean to somebody on the internet because you don't like them.
Stealing food from a supermarket to feed your family when you have no money. (Lesser evil, but I hesitate to say it's 'good' because one side obviously won't think so)
Cutting your lawn.
Reading a novel
Reading a non-fiction book
Going to the gym or swimming


Loving somebody.
Hating somebody.

(IMO morality is subjective but with objective consequences of these emotions are either good, bad or neutral, depending on who's affected by them, the emotions by themselves are purely subjective)


Bad

Taking home a bottle of Tipex from work that you did not pay for.
Cheating on your tax return to save yourself £/$500.
Killing somebody who has hurt you personally. Depends, you would have to say what you mean by 'hurt'.
Stealing a luxury box of chocolates from a supermarket when you have the money to pay for it.
Ill treating a pet.
Hitting somebody because they annoyed you.
Burgling a house.
Stealing a car.

Uncertain

Killing an armed bugler you find in your house at night.
Finding a wallet in the street you take the cash but return the wallet to the owner.

Smoking pot.
Taking heroin or cocaine.
Smoking tobacco.
Drinking alcohol.
Eating too much

(Depends on who it affects. If just the individual who over-indulges in these things is harmed, with no collateral damage, then it's up to them. In other cases, such as drunk driving, others are involved and harm extends to them, making it bad.)



I am what survives if it's slain - Zack Hemsey


Anne D.


Killing an armed bugler you find in your house at night. (Anyone who would purposely disturb my sleep with their noisy bugling deserves to die. Yes, yes, I know you mean burglar, but I like this imagery so much better  ;) )
Contributing £/$10 a month to a secular children's charity that supports orphans in the third world.
Helping a blind person cross the road.
Stealing food from a supermarket to feed your family when you have no money.
Clearing you old neighbours path of snow.
Contributing serviceable old clothes to charity.
Cutting your lawn.
Studying for a qualification or personal interest.
Reading a non-fiction book
Reading a novel
Going to the gym or swimming
Going to the shops to buy food.
Having a child in a stable and loving relationship
Eating too much
Skipping school.
Smoking pot.
Drinking alcohol.
Smoking tobacco.
Looking at internet porn.
Taking heroin or cocaine.
Stealing a luxury box of chocolates from a supermarket when you have the money to pay for it.
Taking home a bottle of Tipex from work that you did not pay for.
Cheating on your tax return to save yourself £/$500.
Being mean to somebody on the internet because you don't like them.
Hating somebody.
Finding a wallet in the street you take the cash but return the wallet to the owner.
Stealing a car.
Burgling a house.
Ill treating a pet.
Hitting somebody because they annoyed you.
Killing somebody who has hurt you personally.


Willow

Loving somebody.
Clearing you old neighbours path of snow.
Contributing serviceable old clothes to charity.
Helping a blind person cross the road.
Contributing £/$10 a month to a secular children's charity that supports orphans in the third world.
Going to the gym or swimming
Reading a novel
Reading a non-fiction book
Cutting your lawn.
Studying for a qualification or personal interest.
Going to the shops to buy food.
Having a child in a stable and loving relationship
Skipping school.
Eating too much
Being mean to somebody on the internet because you don't like them.
Drinking alcohol.
Hating somebody.
Smoking pot.
Smoking tobacco.
Taking home a bottle of Tipex from work that you did not pay for.
Looking at internet porn.
Stealing food from a supermarket to feed your family when you have no money.
Finding a wallet in the street you take the cash but return the wallet to the owner
Taking heroin or cocaine.
Stealing a luxury box of chocolates from a supermarket when you have the money to pay for it.
Cheating on your tax return to save yourself £/$500.
Killing an armed bugler you find in your house at night.
Ill treating a pet.
Hitting somebody because they annoyed you.
Stealing a car.
Burgling a house.
Killing somebody who has hurt you personally.

I think...







Tank

If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

DeterminedJuliet

I tend to think of morality in terms of "would I want to hang around someone who does this?". Something can be socially "functional" without my wanting it to be in my life, so, subjectively, I view morality in a wibly-wobbly kind of "do I want this around me?" sort of way.  Hence my categories.  The "indifference" category is in no particular order, whereas I've organized the other two from "most" to "least"

Things I'd like around me / characteristics I value.
Loving somebody
Contributing £/$10 a month to a secular children's charity that supports orphans in the third world
Contributing serviceable old clothes to charity
Helping a blind person cross the road
Clearing you old neighbours path of snow

Things I'm indifferent towards / contextually ambiguous
Going to the shops to buy food
Taking home a bottle of Tipex from work that you did not pay for
Looking at internet porn
Having a child in a stable and loving relationship
Stealing food from a supermarket to feed your family when you have no money
Cutting your lawn
Smoking pot
Taking heroin or cocaine
Smoking tobacco
Drinking alcohol
Hating somebody
Eating too much
Going to the gym or swimming
Reading a novel
Reading a non-fiction book
Studying for a qualification or personal interest.
Skipping school.

Things I don't want around me / characteristics I actively avoid
Killing somebody who has hurt you personally.
Killing an armed bugler you find in your house at night
Hitting somebody because they annoyed you.
Ill treating a pet.
Burgling a house
Stealing a car.
Cheating on your tax return to save yourself £/$500.
Being mean to somebody on the internet because you don't like them
Finding a wallet in the street you take the cash but return the wallet to the owner.
Stealing a luxury box of chocolates from a supermarket when you have the money to pay for it.
"We've thought of life by analogy with a journey, with pilgrimage which had a serious purpose at the end, and the THING was to get to that end; success, or whatever it is, or maybe heaven after you're dead. But, we missed the point the whole way along; It was a musical thing and you were supposed to sing, or dance, while the music was being played.