"When one's survival is at stake, morality takes a back seat until the threat has been nullified. "
I'm not surewhat kind of morality this is that can be sacrificed for the sake of pragmatism.
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"When one's survival is at stake, morality takes a back seat until the threat has been nullified. "
I'm not surewhat kind of morality this is that can be sacrificed for the sake of pragmatism.
Read it again. Breaking the rules for the sake of survival doesn't make it right... but you'll break them anyway so it's best to be honest about it and be prepared to make amends for your violation afterwards.
Oh no, I got that.
However, this only works in a moral system that is arbitrary. Which is completely consistent with an atheistic worldview. After all IF there is no external objective standard for the atheist to reference, "moral" issues are necessarily subjective and arbitrary, wether were speaking of individual or societal "morals".
So when one regards the society created standard of morality, it can be disregarded a la situational ethics, and returned to after the specific situation resolves itself.
It seems similar to what I call the Slackers Creed: It's easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission.
This leads us into a whole other subject, which definitely deserves a page of its own. I'll do a piece on the foundations of morality next.
As for your slacker's creed, I'd say there are definitely cases where that's true but asking forgiveness is how one can play it safe so that they need not have to ask forgiveness later... after all, sometimes, forgiveness is impossible.
I look forward to reading that post.
Be sure to address the argument of Frederick Niche in the Ubermench. I'd be interested to know how you think he was wrong. If at all.
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