what are your morals?

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

My morality is very situational. For example, I'm strongly against killing, unless in a life or death self defence scenario. Pro-choice for abortion, but if a strong argument is made, I can accept it.

Basically I don't believe in black and white morality, because even when the world is shades of grey, you can still do good as long as you're trying to uphold some principle.

 

[AkJay]

1. Don't steal.
2. Never take an innocent life.
3. Don't do drugs/alcohol (me, personally)
4. Always be sure. Always.
5. If you are wrong, be a man and admit it (This goes double for you ignorant internet tough-guys)

#3 is for me, personally, the rest are rules I think everyone should live by.

 

[Semitendon]

This might get complicated.
Some of the Moral rules I live by:

1. Always tell the truth, unless it causes someone undeserved harm.

2. To live by, ( or attempt to) the philosophy and moral guide of the Bible, and more specifically Jesus Christ.

3. All people have opinions that should be listened to, even if I disagree with their view point.

4. All people are not equal, however, every attempt to treat people as equals should be made.

5. Animals are meant to serve people, but should not be abused or harmed if possible.

6. Life is sacred, unless the life in question will cause lives to be lost unnecessarily. ( capital punishment- ok, abortion- not ok)

7. Question everything anyone tells you, they could be lying.

 

[Sad Robot]

An impossibly complicated topic to tackle in a short post but here goes:

Like the new Woody Allen movie: whatever works, basically. I think people should have the freedom, not just physical freedom, but the moral right, to do whatever they want with their bodies. I hate it, just hate it, when people take the moral high ground in, say, illegal substances. Many of them are far less dangerous than the ones that are legal and indeed the quantities in which they are used. There's a real injustice in they way substances are being labelled and divided into groups they don't fit in. The biggest problem we have in developed nations in this sense isn't drugs, but our relationship with food.

Regarding sex, I think consentual people, who can be considered responsible for their actions, should be able to have it however, with whomever, whenever.

I'm an atheist, and not just an atheist, but a person who subscribes to the scientific way of thinking and analyzing, the scientific method, and I will never understand beliefs, policies and ideologies that contradict scientific evidence.

EDIT: As if it were not obvious, I'd like to add that I'm not an advocate of violence in any way. But it is human nature, unfortunately, and I think we need better tools to deal with that contradiction.

Further edit: Politics-wise, I'm an anarchist thinker in the same vein as Chomsky.

 

[ReincarnatedFTP]

Silver Rule: Don't do onto others what I wouldn't done to me.

Instead of forcing my personal opinions on everyone else, I try to just stay out of the way, but I still let myself be heard.

Basically, I believe that anything should go as long as it does not cause harm or steal from another.

For example, I don't murder, because if we all went around murdering each other, we couldn't really have a functioning society, now could we? Same with stealing, and breaking and entering.

OTOH, I could care less about breaking laws involving marijuana/prostitution/abortion or something trivial which people should be allowed to do anyway. The only reason those end up in crimes and gangs is because they're illegal.

Basically a very libertarian/liberal view. Personally, I also try to help others, but I realize not everyone is like that.

 

[Amnestic]

A lie to protect is better than a truth to injure.

 

[ArcWinter]

Pacifism except in the case of self-defense or breaking the law against me
Do what you like
Don't die
Enjoy existence (or else)
Individualist Pacifist Anarchism!

And that's it.

 

[UnravThreads]

I got a couple:
Don't hit people who are weaker than me.
Don't steal.
Don't do drugs.
Basically, fuck crime.

Pretty much the same for me, apart from the top one. I tend not to hit anyone, full stop.

I also don't drink.

 

[cuddly_tomato]

My morality is very situational. For example, I'm strongly against killing, unless in a life or death self defence scenario. Pro-choice for abortion, but if a strong argument is made, I can accept it.

Basically I don't believe in black and white morality, because even when the world is shades of grey, you can still do good as long as you're trying to uphold some principle.

Wow. Excellent post. Morality, ethicality, and all things related are subjective and situational. I find this absolutely hilarious (it is a pretty mild prank, nothing in there unfit for PG-13 people).


While they are playing the prank the guy is obviously terrified (which many would consider "painful"), but when it finishes it's all good and the guy has a laugh about it with them. Would anyone consider that kind of prank to be unethical?

 

[Meanmoose]

Do unto others as you would have done unto you.

You don't have to be Christian for the Golden Rule to make a lot of sense.

I agree, though you find that rule (exprssed in a different way) in almost all big religions.

I find that i sometimes live after this rule too much. I asume everyone is like me. Its hard to offend me, so I tend tend to offend people.

 

[sumanoskae]

To summarize myself as best I can in one sentence "Live Free or Die Hard"

 

[MBergman]

Don't hit people who are weaker than me.

But how are you supposed to win then? :O

I thinks he meant that to dishonor them to show that they are so weak he does not even acknowledge them as a worthy opponent

or he could mean "i dont prey on righteous weaklings for fun"
either or... pick one

Yeah I got that! I just made one of my attempts at humour!

 

[King of the N00bs]

Don't hit people who are weaker than me.

But how are you supposed to win then? :O

I thinks he meant that to dishonor them to show that they are so weak he does not even acknowledge them as a worthy opponent

or he could mean "i dont prey on righteous weaklings for fun"
either or... pick one

Yeah I got that! I just made one of my attempts at humour!

sorry im a bit too serious when it comes to morals

 

[MBergman]

Don't hit people who are weaker than me.

But how are you supposed to win then? :O

I thinks he meant that to dishonor them to show that they are so weak he does not even acknowledge them as a worthy opponent

or he could mean "i dont prey on righteous weaklings for fun"
either or... pick one

Yeah I got that! I just made one of my attempts at humour!

sorry im a bit too serious when it comes to morals

Hehe, don't worry 'bout it! Standing up for what you believe in is hardly ever a bad thing! (;

 

[Adventurer2626]

Well, it really comes down to a matter of prioritization of protecting interests for me.

1. My (hypothetical) children
2. Me & my (hypothetical) wife
3. Parents
4. Extended family
5. Friends that are truly friends and pets
6. Everyone else in order of importance to the previous 5.

It's a somewhat selfish system but in all truthfulness all actions are done out of some amount of selfishness. Even if you are sacrificing something of yours to help another you're still getting some sort of good feeling out of it that you value over what you sacrificed. Like anything, there's no true good and evil, just stuff that helps and hurts you and those you care about.

There are principles I'd like to uphold like not stealing, cheating, killing, etc. but I'd break every single one to protect my family and myself.

Also I don't believe in waste where it can be avoided. I include it because it doesn't necessarily have to do with protecting interests and I feel that I need to include more. Must...stop...rambling on...