It is preferential to refrain from the utilisation of grandiose verbiage in the circumstance that your intellectualisation can be expressed using comparatively simplistic lexicological entities. (...such as the word fuck.)
Remember your humanity, and forget the rest. - Joseph Rotblat
Well, they are both subjective - having a rigid interpretation of what constitutes right and wrong in any regard is certainly not a goal to strive for IMHO.
I.e. I believe it would not be tactful to derail this thread any further. We are already getting far enough from the subject matter.
It is preferential to refrain from the utilisation of grandiose verbiage in the circumstance that your intellectualisation can be expressed using comparatively simplistic lexicological entities. (...such as the word fuck.)
Remember your humanity, and forget the rest. - Joseph Rotblat
TOP QUOTE: “The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people’s money.”
I'm not entirely sure which part you disagree with. Whether they are subjective or whether a rigid mindset is indeed worth striving for.
Your so called grey zone is not encompassing at all... If anything it would be a sub-domain of objective morality.
The question is then, what constitutes objective and what constitutes subjective morality? Personally my I think that anything processed and formulated by a human mind can not possibly remain objective - there will always be a subjective influence. Consequently the distinction is to a large degree artificial.
To boldly go... I'm afraid though that there are not that many 'waters' that haven't been charted by one discussion or the other already. If not on KB, then at least on a motorcycle forum.Originally Posted by jrandom
It is preferential to refrain from the utilisation of grandiose verbiage in the circumstance that your intellectualisation can be expressed using comparatively simplistic lexicological entities. (...such as the word fuck.)
Remember your humanity, and forget the rest. - Joseph Rotblat
Stating that 'everything is subjective' is a cop-out when it's used to slide away from arguing a point.
IMHO, morality should be based on maximal promotion of certain aspects of the human condition in both processes and goals.
Of course, that has nothing to do with this thread.
Perhaps I over-stretched the metaphor; I meant 'uncharted' as a departure from the expected direction of a discussion.
kiwibiker is full of love, an disrespect.
- mikey
TOP QUOTE: “The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people’s money.”
Well, that's what YOU think
I question whether morality is not just another tool used to push an agenda - or at least can be used as such. Certainly historical evidence suggests that this idea might hold some merit.Originally Posted by jrandom
While I believe there is a necessity for some sorts of behaviour regulating mechanisms in any society, I will merely state that trying to define right and wrong too firmly is no more of a cop-out than playing the 'everything is subjective' card. There is a difference though - the 'everything is subjective' argument can not, as easily, be used as a tool to impose your own values and/or agenda upon others.
Ah, more along the lines of 'NO ONE expects the Spanish inquisition' then?Originally Posted by jrandom
It is preferential to refrain from the utilisation of grandiose verbiage in the circumstance that your intellectualisation can be expressed using comparatively simplistic lexicological entities. (...such as the word fuck.)
Remember your humanity, and forget the rest. - Joseph Rotblat
It is preferential to refrain from the utilisation of grandiose verbiage in the circumstance that your intellectualisation can be expressed using comparatively simplistic lexicological entities. (...such as the word fuck.)
Remember your humanity, and forget the rest. - Joseph Rotblat
Oh, aren't we feeling smug now eh?![]()
Tell ya what though...I come from a long line of tiny, really feisty women with big boobs.
Genetics weren't so kind as to adorn me with huge hooters, but were lovely in lending me a reasonnable body height, and leaving me with a half decent back bone...
So....what don't you try to come and moderate me visio ut visio?![]()
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