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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ilaine who wrote (40591)	6/15/1999 7:00:00 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

IMO- Morality is generally used in the context of behavior- in fact this is included in the first definition in the dictionary. Morality is the choosing of moral action from among various possible courses of action- all of which are contemplated- therefore one NEEDS immoral thoughts in order to be moral- for without the possibility of immoral action you can't very well call the moral choice "moral" can you- it would just be uninformed - (because you didn't know about the immoral alternative, right)? So you do the right thing- but you do this with knowledge of what the "wrong" thing would be. In order to know the right and the wrong you have to hold both in your mind- so the "bad" thought has to pass through your mind, I think. Of course I don't believe in morality myself. I personally think morality is whatever the group discussing it says it is- which strikes me as silly. I like to think of behavior in terms of things that work to make average people comfortable with each other, as opposed to things that don't. Politeness, for example, works- it oils the wheels of society- so I like it. I think everyone should try to be polite. Toleration is nice too. When in a big group there are bound to be people whose ideas are the absolute antithesis of your own- but it is better not to brawl over these ideas (except on the net). So I think it is much more useful to talk about what is socially functional than to talk about morality.