Yes, I agree; liberty, in my opinion, is a right granted to us by our creator. But, if god and objective ethics are merely illusory, why shouldn’t I become a tyrant and get whatever I can, by any means necessary?
i leave that question for whomever it may concern.
good night[:)]
Conscience, consequences, economics, perhaps what you want is a free market…
From a societal point of view that makes sense. But can we really say that an individual, who strategically pursues hedonism, is acting immorally?
Sure, just like we can say that someone who wears neon pink sweat pants has bad taste.
So you think morality is a social convention?
Its a subjective preference, as such society does play some role in its formulation.
Therein lies your problem: rights aren’t granted; permission is.
Your other question, when asked in a serious manner, would indict you as the type of person most would not want to deal with.
A Saudi man, then, is morally within his right to beat his wife if she looks at another man, say, the doorman.
Well you wouldn’t know that. I wouldn’t advertise it.
He is as moral as the fellow wearing pink trousers is tasteful.
I should leave philosophy for the philosophizers.
Your actions, though, would.
And why should you?
Because you probably have a normal conscience, and I know from your posts that you have a good understanding of Austrian economics. (See my earlier post.)
I don’t believe any of that bullshit, but that’s not what I’m investigating. I’m trying to figure out why I don’t believe any of that bullshit; is it because of social norms burned into my psyche, or because of something else?
Both?
Well, ‘something else’ is a little vague, don’t you think?
Yeah, you could probably spend your entire life trying to figure out what exactly drives our personalities, genetics, culture, environment,… and then you could spend another life figuring out which ones are more important than others. I just don’t care.
Yeah, well that was a point I was trying to make in another discussion. People take what they believe to be obvious matters of fact for granted. They don’t ask the tough questions.