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Originally Posted by Jes  Because if you search for years and years and years, in every corner of the earth, under every rock, pebble, or grain of sand, you might just find the ash of a little idea the English once called "morality." |
Dao De Jing, Excerpt of Chapter 18, Johnathon Star translation:
"If you need rules to be kind and just [...] this is a sure sign that virtue is absent"
Morality is about societal convention, not doing what's right. The morality you cite comes from a society where it is inappropriate for a woman to be a 'slut' because a woman's sex (sorry, I mean "virtue"
) is a commodity for men (first her father, then her husband) to own and control.
"Good" decisions must flow naturally from compassion and understanding, not an archaic set of rules bound to a particular time and place.
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Originally Posted by Jes We do (a) what we want, (b) when we want, (c) without any thought for the feelings of others, and I think that's just a disgusting way to live. |
IMO there's nothing wrong with (a) or (b) and (c) has nothing to do with rules of morality, and everything to do with compassion.
[EDIT] P.S. I added the letters to the quote for reference - they weren't there originally.