Ka-pi96 said:
Eagle367 said: I don't know if the questions are more personal to me, or to people I don't know. Because some of these things wren;t morally acceptable to me as a person aka my own moral code but I wouldn't have much of a problem if other people did it since they don't follow my moral code nor should they be forced to. My answers depend on that. For me, alcoholism and gambling and even lying is morally unacceptable, even if I do lie a lot more than I should. It's my ideal, not my reality. And for me suicide is a sin for my own personal moral code but those that don't follow my moral code, I'm more iffy about. For me having any sex outside marriage whether teenager or adult is morally acceptable and so is homosexuality, but for others, I am ambivalent. The death penalty I agree with and animal testing as well, as long as it's done in a proper manner. Wearing wool is also fine with me but not the skins of endangered animals like some jackasses do. That one I'm not fine if other people do it as well.
Similarly, it's complex for all issues. I can't just say yes or no because it might be no for me but yes if other people do it or even eh, I don't really care. See what I mean. |
I'd say it's more the bolded.
It's not a question of whether you yourself would do those things or not. More would you negatively judge people that did?
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In that, case as long as they don't claim to follow a specific moral code and do these things, I don't care and will treat them with respect. I will reprimand those that do claim to follow the same way of life I do but still treat them with basic human dignity.
Jaicee said:
Eagle367 said: I don't know if the questions are more personal to me, or to people I don't know. Because some of these things wren;t morally acceptable to me as a person aka my own moral code but I wouldn't have much of a problem if other people did it since they don't follow my moral code nor should they be forced to. My answers depend on that. For me, alcoholism and gambling and even lying is morally unacceptable, even if I do lie a lot more than I should. It's my ideal, not my reality. And for me suicide is a sin for my own personal moral code but those that don't follow my moral code, I'm more iffy about. For me having any sex outside marriage whether teenager or adult is morally acceptable and so is homosexuality, but for others, I am ambivalent. The death penalty I agree with and animal testing as well, as long as it's done in a proper manner. Wearing wool is also fine with me but not the skins of endangered animals like some jackasses do. That one I'm not fine if other people do it as well.
Similarly, it's complex for all issues. I can't just say yes or no because it might be no for me but yes if other people do it or even eh, I don't really care. See what I mean. |
Thanks for contributing your thoughts! I was interested to know in your case. I think I get what you're saying about how you approach these sorts of questions.
Oh hey, to let you know in case you wanted to go back and edit, I think you may have accidentally written the bolded part the wrong way because the way it presently reads suggests that you think it's okay for you personally to be gay, but not necessarily for anyone else to be...which makes me laugh. I think you meant to say "unacceptable" there, as in those are things you wouldn't personally engage in, but also wouldn't condemn others for, right?
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Yeah thanks for the correction. To be a bit more clear, I would have issue with people who claim to follow my moral code as well in these issues since we are supposed to be following the same way of life. For others though that don't ascribe to that, I don't really care either way. I'll still treat all humans with basic human dignity, even if they do these things while claiming to follow my way of life but I would reprimand them and ask to show where they are getting they're viewpoints from except if they are murderers by intent, war mongers, pedophiles, war profiteers, oppressors or rapists. So I wouldn't trust George Bush or Netenyahu or MBS or Modhi with basic human dignity.
Otherwise it depends on all issues and is complex for all of them as well.