It's occurring to me that I probably have a very strange moral system.
@OpenComputeDesign I know I do.
@light Too be fair, most "normal" moral systems tend to be rather disturbing, so
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@OpenComputeDesign @light I'm a bit hung up on the meanings of "moral" and "ethics". I know not everyone uses these like i do, but with "moral" i associate things set by people in power (like the church teaching their views) or "we always did it that way". With ethics, i associate a philosophical, truth-seeking approach to "how do we want to live".
Since neither of you are contrary to discussing things, i don't think that you are all too infected by morals.
I guess I always kinda thought the distinction was more like one is more sort of the overarching theory, and the other is more specific and how it's actually applied
@OpenComputeDesign @light Might theoretically be so, but the term "moral" has been ruined by people selfishly claiming it without any consideration for others.
If you have people that have negative ethics (like i wanna get richer, even if people die for that) telling others what is good, the practical application is clearly harmful.
So, what is the unusual you see in yourself? Not having the aforementioned negative ethics or something else?
That's fair. People sure are good at coopting and corrupting words.
In my particular case, my ethical system is very girl-child focused. Every other group of people simply does not matter as much to me.
@OpenComputeDesign @light Special protections would make sense, if the group has special dangers they face, this much checks out.
So far, i can't see anything unusual, lots of people see a need for special protections for female and/or very young people. As long as you don't advertize throwing old men into a meat grinder, you're with the majority of those that actually try to be ethical, i think.
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>As long as you don't advertize throwing old men into a meat grinder
Sadly, many people are in favour of doing that to young men.
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The openly hostile stuff is what you see easily, i think the "throw humanity into the profit grinder" stuff is more dangerous. They actually bite, not just bark.
@admitsWrongIfProven @OpenComputeDesign I was referring to war
@light @admitsWrongIfProven It is interesting how people can see countries let their women to other countries to seek refuge during war, but ban their men from leaving because they have to stay and fight, and see it not as a gender inequality problem.
Of course, I would have it that no one ever died from war again. But that's somewhat tangential to gendered problems.
@OpenComputeDesign @light Tangential maybe, but important to say, otherwise the meaning would be different.
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