What's legal isn't necessarily what's moral. Lots of legal things have been immoral and lots of illegal things have been moral. That and we should abolish law and replace it with informal social norms. #law #morality #ethics #socialism #anarchism #egalitarianism
#morality
one of my favourite quotes ever from a childhood book
"Unless someone like you
cares a whole awful lot,
nothing is going to get better.
It's not."
#books #TheLorax #ChildrensBooks #philosophy #ethics #morality #politics #fascism
#morality : the relation of conformity or nonconformity to the moral standard or rule
- French: moralité
- Italian: moralità
- Portuguese: moralidade
- Spanish: moralidad
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See previous words @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/past
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All new in SEP, Empirical Approaches to Moral Responsibility by Chandra Sripada.
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/moral-responsibility-empirical/
Moral responsibility hinges on the control and epistemic conditions. Empirical sciences, like psychology, neuroscience, computational cognitive science, and artificial intelligence, have a lot to say about both. The entry contains chapters on addiction, spontaneous conduct, the etiology of ignorance, and artificial agents, and relevant other SEP-entries are duly noted.
#sep #new #morality #ethics #responsibility #moralResponsibility #philosophy #science #empirical #addiction #ignorance
All reasoning begins with unprovable assumptions—like 1 + 1 = 2 in math. In philosophy, we need moral truths that are self-evident to anchor our thinking. Without believing some actions are right in themselves, moral obligations lose all meaning and become arbitrary.
"Ethics, decency, and morality are the real soldiers." - Kiran Bedi
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#morality
For what difference is there between someone who urges an action before it is done and someone who applauds it afterwards? What does it matter whether I wanted it done or was pleased that it had been done?
[Quid enim interest inter suasorem facti et probatorem? Aut quid refert utrum voluerim fieri an gaudeam factum?]
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 2, ch. 12 / sec. 29 (2.12/2.29) (44-10-24 BC) [tr. Berry (2006)]
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Wester writes,
"Because of its overall effects on those who are most in need, passing this budget would be a moral failure for American society as a whole. Unless the church opposes it in the clearest possible terms, we will squander the credibility of our witness to the Gospel and Christ’s command to care for the 'least of these.'”
Charles Pierce notes that a US Catholic archbishop, John Wester, has issued a public statement opposing Trump's "big beautiful bill," noting,
"The cruelty of this bill is historic."
#Marxists and #Communists are frequently accused by liberals and reactionaries of lacking #morals. Questions on the morality of Killing, Stealing, etc. take #morality to be absolute - which is not true. Morality is epochal and is a product of class society. Therefore morality must be analysed before being adopted.
Here's a good talk on morality by a comrade of the Revolutionary Communist Party
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=NeGgh-PaMRM (link to instance of invidio.us of a youtube vid)
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We all want good, yet we often achieve something bad. Why?
#Humans are emotional. When our feelings clash with our #reason or #conscience, our feelings usually win. #Morality, on the other hand, stems from our conscience and flourishes on the basis of reason.
Humans are therefore instruments with different strings: some sound ugly, others beautiful. The melody of our lives depends on which strings we play.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn1Hgu0Qy9c
Miss Rachel is More Radical than Thom Yorke --- Side Burns
> Thom Yorke of Radiohead put out a cowardly statement about Gaza while children's performer Miss Rachel continues to put her career on the line to stand up for the lives of children in Gaza. So how did one of the most radical and seemingly progressive musicians of the last thirty years end up here? And why is Miss Rachel able to operate with such moral clarity?
After #spirituality was banished from our #culture, selfishness developed in our societies instead of inner peace and love for humanity. Spirituality is, not least, #ethics applied within oneself, and it thus forms the basis for external #morality.
This is how spirituality has degenerated in the West. The current reaction is a growing interest in other religions, #yoga, and #meditation. Christians are also gradually becoming more interested in practical spirituality. Why? Because we need it.
A quotation from Arthur C. Clarke
The greatest tragedy in mankind’s entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.
Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) British writer
Essay (1990), “Credo,” Living Philosophies [ed. Clifford Fadiman] (1990 ed.)
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/clarke-arthur-c/7689…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #arthurcclarke #history #humancondition #humanity #morality #philosophy #religion #values #virtue
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