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>> >> "Some claim that theft is wrong, so if the majority of people approve of it,
>> >> then it couldn't be wrong, and therefore couldn't be theft. Such claimants are
>> >> morons." >> Morality is always majority-dependent. There are no Platonic social norms or
>> human rights, only what people give themselves. They change from era to era,
>> even from country to country. This is not "moral equivalence", just the plain
>> facts. No, Fatfingers, morality does not change by whim of an individual, a dictator
or even a mob. Morality is absolute. It is only the perceptions which change. The essence of humanity is the ability to think, to reason, and to discriminate
between right or wrong. That is what makes us different from a bird simply
following the flock, or a sheep just following the herd. Humans have the ability to improve, to adapt, not just by the slow and
uncontrollable course of evolution, but within their own lifetimes, by their
own reasoning, and by their own powers of discrimination. As long as you deny this, you will be trapped in a murky semi-conscious world
of half-truths and self doubt. You are no better than a dumb animal. Many
people choose to live in this murkiness because they believe it is their own
interests, and allows them to cheat, to steal, and to lie 'when appropriate for
the situation'. But most of all they remain there because, like a dumb animal,
they can deny responsibility for their shortcomings, their own failures, their
own life. You want to choose not to be human? Fine - go back to your herd of sheep. But
please don't judge me to be the pitiful dumb brute that you judge yourself to
be. I am human.
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