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Anonymous Mon Jul 25 08:58:08 2011 No.1957141 [DELETED]

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>mfw morality is arbitrary and subjective

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 25 08:59:08 2011 No.1957142 File: 483 KB, 141x141, 1311555397092.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >mfw OP finally graduated from elementary school

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 25 09:01:08 2011 No.1957145 Not entirely.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 25 09:02:08 2011 No.1957147 >>1957145 How so faggot?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 25 09:03:08 2011 No.1957148 >>1957147 A certain level of morality guarantees the survival of our species, so it's not arbitrary, it has a specific purpose.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 25 09:05:08 2011 No.1957149 File: 25 KB, 445x343, 1295723494202.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1957148 >natural selection >purpose Pick one.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 25 09:06:08 2011 No.1957150 >>1957148 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalistic_fallacy

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 25 09:08:08 2011 No.1957151 >>1957150 Additionally: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is%E2%80%93ought_problem

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 25 09:09:08 2011 No.1957152 >>1957149 I'm not talking about natural selection. I'm talking about "killing is discouraged because if it weren't we'd disappear". >>1957150 I'm not arguing for 'good' or 'bad'. I'm arguing from utility.

>>	Deep&Edgy !pSkjEcB9sQ Mon Jul 25 09:12:08 2011 No.1957154 what do you mean by 'subjective', OP? Also, what's wrong with arbitrariness?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 25 09:12:08 2011 No.1957155 >>1957151 Again, not saying it should be, I'm saying it's not arbitrary.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 25 09:18:08 2011 No.1957158 >>1957154 >Also, what's wrong with arbitrariness? that's the stupidest thing you've ever said

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 25 09:20:08 2011 No.1957160 It's not subjective or arbitrary. It's all a matter of hedons and dolors, bitches.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 25 09:20:08 2011 No.1957161 >>1957154 What do you mean what's wrong with it?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 25 09:23:08 2011 No.1957163 >>1957161 I think he means, why does it matter if it's arbitrary? Plenty of things humans do and dictate are arbitrary. That doesn't make them any less useful.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 25 09:29:08 2011 No.1957171 >mfw children can't derive the moral law from the actuality of freedom

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 25 09:39:57 2011 No.1957182 >>1957163 it presupposes a whole lot of shit about what arbitrary means. ridiculous statement

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 25 09:47:33 2011 No.1957200 Subjective, yes. Arbitrary, no. It's at least partly evolutionary, bro.