Pragmatically this question is important, but rationally I would consider it incoherent. It presupposes moral realism and ignores the rather popular noncognivist stance in metaethics.
That being said, I would be more interested in an age group demarcated poll than a broad one such as this. Old people dominate the population at the moment so I think we're retaining much of the morality of individuals from 1930-1950. Show me what Millennials think, or Generation Z relative to boomers.
Ka-pi96 said:
If you have people that are close to you and care about you... a lot! Speaking from personal experience. |
You seem to be suggesting that if one's actions cause any sadness to anybody, even tangentially, that this is an immoral action.
That seems difficult to defend. If I beat you in a game of chess, surely you will be sad about losing. All I've done is play the game to the best of my abilities though.
