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Originally Posted by Angela  If it hurts, it's immoral, unless you want it to hurt.
Otherwise, it's okay. |
hurts who, and if who "wants"? assuming you mean hurt the other person (because if you're hurting yourself, I think at least unconsciously you "want" it...), and assuming you mean unless they want it to hurt (because otherwise you'd be supporting abusers who enjoy abusing...), I have a hard time with the practical application of that definition- first, it is difficult to always judge in advance what will and won't hurt someone else; second, often given a situation, it is a choice of smaller or larger hurt, now or later hurt, not a simple yes/no; third, people are responsible for their own lives and for their own choices- sometimes people choose to risk being hurt (even though they don't
want it to) over choosing to live safely, and I think it is by far better to respect their considered risk than to condescendingly avoid the potential to hurt them.
I think my own definition would pretty much relate to honesty and integrity- representing yourself truthfully and continuing to live in accord with what you've said; rather than trying to define "hurt" and delegating responsibility for one person's well-being to another person.