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sapphi_snake said:
DélioPT said:


You can`t blame genetics and say oh, it`s not my fault. Unless you have zero control of your body or had no conscience you are responsible for a decision you made and followed.

You don`t seem to be fond of a God idea or fundamentation but i actually am, that`s why i say all life is precious. It was something that was given to us and we won`t ever be able to grasp how meaningful it really is.
But even if i`m a believer and you are not, in my honest opinion and interpretation, is that what God wants for us is what every humanitarian - believer or not - wants for himself or everyone else: to be loved and fully respected as a person of reason and soul. It`s a system but at the same time above that. That`s what i follow and believe.
They are also believed to be universal because they are simple, independent of time, place or context, and, above all things, objective as they encompass every single person above all differences.
To me, if God is love, who in this Earth doesn`t yearn for that.
Please, don`t consider this an imposition of believes but my view of the world and a reasoning on why universal values do share the image of God - to me, that is.

Soldiers killings as any killing happens for two reasons:  a good one or a bad one. The pure defense of human life is a good reason. Killing for political reasons or just pure hatred, is a bad reason. The ones who are pulling the trigger are the ones that can say why they pulled it

First of all, there's no such thing as a soul.

Second of all what you're saying (to be loved and fully respected as a person) is really nice, and probably the best one invented by humans (in my opinion), but not all humans share this view, and a moral system cvan only be adopted if there is consensus, and there isn't consensus yet between all the cultures in the world. They're not really independent of time, place or context. You can't judge people from other ages or other countries, by using your moral standars. That's one of the biggest mistake one can make.

I actually think there is! :)
But instead of that you can the "sentimental" side.

It`s a very "dangerous" thing to let morality be the result of a concensus. They aren`t meant to be voltatile in that way: it could mean that what is right today is forgotten tomorrow. Moral values are for every single person to make it their own or not.
Morality reports to the highest human values that we can comprehend; they are born from the essence of humanity: love, dignity, freedom, respect, reason, feelings, etc. Yes, there are a number of morals, but if they can`t be born from that premiss they aren`t of great value. So they need to "be" before a place, a time or context.
Actually i do prefer the term ethics as it is something that`s stronger that the morality ideas.

I have a catholical moral/ethical view on this life. Can`t i criticize/judge other cultures because of cultural differences? Yes i can.
My ethical view allows me to see people from a humanity point of view, not a european, american, asian, etc. man or women. That`s the strength of ethics: it doesn`t in particular to anyone, but for everyone in general and how we all share something in common - normally moral values as i said above.
It`s not a mistake, it`s a necessity if you truly want to critize/judge yourself and others whilst retaining objectivity.