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Permalink Reply by Obfuskation on November 7, 2012 at 5:46pm

I should probably clarify that my disagreement is based on the wording of your claim.

Morality is simply standards of behavior that are seen as right or wrong.  There is an abundance of moral codes in the world, with understandable variances between cultures.

If your claim is that an objective moral code is a myth, then I would tend to be in agreement.

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Permalink Reply by Unseen on November 7, 2012 at 6:11pm

This is my distinction between being moral (adhering to The Ten Commandments or The Golden Rule, for example) and ethical, which involves simply looking for the best choice among many.

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Permalink Reply by Obfuskation on November 7, 2012 at 6:40pm

I've noticed that sources vary on their degree of codification regarding 'morals' and 'ethics' to the point where they are pretty much interchangeable.

Harvard has a great lecture series on Youtube about ethics/morality; it's a long watch, but well worth it.  Here's a link to part 1.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBdfcR-8hEY

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Permalink Reply by Unseen on November 7, 2012 at 6:54pm

Whenever two words are interchangeable, that is less useful than two words with related but distinct meanings. 

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Permalink Reply by Obfuskation on November 7, 2012 at 7:01pm

Agreed.  I was just making an observation; no value judgement was intended.

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Permalink Reply by Unseen on November 7, 2012 at 7:04pm

If your claim is that an objective moral code is a myth, then I would tend to be in agreement.

It all depends upon what you mean by "objective," though, doesn't it. You can hold a copy of The Ten Commandments in your hands, as an object. And in that sense, it is objective. 

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Permalink Reply by Kir Komrik on November 7, 2012 at 8:29pm

Hey Unseen,

Yea, I think we are in fact in agreement. By "objective" I'm saying that there is no moral framework for which we can guarantee every human being will agree, and no way to prove an outlier wrong. You may be the only one that agrees.

- kk

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Permalink Reply by Kir Komrik on November 8, 2012 at 11:28pm

Hey Obfuskation,

Yes, thats what I mean. My fixation on this issue vis-a-vis deconversion sometimes causes me to assume too much.

- kk

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Permalink Reply by archaeopteryx on November 7, 2012 at 5:38pm

RE: "some impudent individuals" - interestingly, the word, "immoral" (choosing that specifically, so I can't be accused of going off-topic) clearly means, "not moral" - but I discovered that there is no such word as "pudent," from which to be, "not pudent." so whoever that person was, who was "impudent," he (or she) should definitely try to turn his (or her) life around and start being pudent for a change.

The reason I popped in, is to tell you that when that thing with the black text happens, and I've seen it happen a number of times, if, while you still have that 15-minute window to make corrections, you will click on the "HTML" window on the upper right of your toolbar, the present window will be replaced by a window with not only your original text, but the HyperText Markup Language that tells the computer how to project your comment onto the screen. That done, scroll down to where your sentence begins that is all-black, and you will see a line preceding the first word in that sentence - it will begin with this symbol < and end with this one > and between the two will be a line of what to you will be gibberish, but to the TA server, will say a great deal. One of the things you can expect to see, is a 5- or 6-digit number, which describes to the computer, the color it is to use on the text. Delete that entire line, from < to > then hit the HTML button again, hit "Save," and you should be good to go next time that happens.

I'm having a problem with this discussion as well, in that everytime I hit someone's "Reply" button, instead of a window opening, I'm simply taken (against my will) to the top of the page. No matter how many times I try, the result is the same. My only option appears to be what I'm doing now - posting in the window at the beginning of the thread, despite the fact that I can safely assume that my comment will wind up nowhere near your original post about the blackout.

As you were - and if I run across anyone being not pudent, I'll convey your message.

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Permalink Reply by Obfuskation on November 7, 2012 at 7:03pm

It's a good thing you put in the caveat about not going off-topic, or it would have been off to the education forum for you.  :)

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Permalink Reply by archaeopteryx on November 7, 2012 at 7:44pm

Sesame Street? Big Bird is safe now, you know --

 

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Permalink Reply by Kir Komrik on November 7, 2012 at 8:31pm

hey -  lol - kk

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