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Originally Posted by Bitsy  "Morality" is not merely a word, nor is "evil", ok? [...]
The fact of the matter is, as an example, [...] if you continuously make your girlfriend or wife believe that you love her, while all the while you are screwing someone else, or maybe you are doing it with your best friend's wife (the sky is the limit), you can refrain from labeling that act if you want, but figure out that not labeling it doesn't change what you've done to others or make it right. |
Yes, lets use that example. What if we're polyamorous? What if my wife has no problem with it? Why is it intrinsically evil to sleep with someone other than your wife/girlfriend? Isn't that subjective?
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Originally Posted by Bitsy The saying used to be "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" |
Personally I dislike that saying. What if the others want something vastly different than you would in that situation? For example,
you might want (eg.) to be "rescued" from ever engaging in homosexual behaviours, but that doesn't mean that they do. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" assumes you share a worldview with them.
"Evil" is very subjective. Sure there's generally common agreement on the big issues like murder, but what is considered "evil" fractures dramatically below that level. Even at
that level, IIRC, the Aztecs considered it evil to
not engage in human sacrifice - it would bring the world to an end after all!