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RE: OBJECTIVE MORALITY
I consider people to be evil, the masses to be immoral and think life can be forfeited.
Please explain.
I consider people to be evil, the masses to be immoral and think life can be forfeited.
Please explain.
Well, at the core it is more a judgement that I hold of anyone I meet. It is also more nurture than nature. Being able to consciously inflict harm and then do so because you can is evil, so everyone is evil. That is not a biggy though since it is just part of life. I have a problem with the masses because they seem to reject individual morality assuming they are part of the greater good. This makes anything they wish "the greater good" Life can be forfeited because life can be said to have rules, as we progress in thinking we can refine these - that is our social contract.
I agree that doing immoral things in the service of "the greater good" or because someone "trusts their god/boss/general" is a primary factor in the spread of "evil" and the shirking of "personal responsibility".
That's why I'm a big fan of deontological ethics. And also why I'm very skeptical of consequentialism.