Why is it that so many people consider impartial morality as over-demanding? Is it not a good thing to leave emotions and prejudices out of moral judgments?
If not, why not?
Define what you mean by "impartial morality" please.
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rockpie
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Mon 7 Dec, 2009 03:50 pm
By impartial morality I mean a morality that demands us to ignore emotions, prejudices, basically all subjective intuitions when making a moral decision.
It's not over-demanding, you simply cannot ignore emotions when making
a moral decision. Furthermore, you and I might have different standards
pertaining to morality. There is no such thing as universal morality.
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BillRM
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Mon 7 Dec, 2009 04:21 pm
@rockpie,
Sorry there is no moral system without a tight tie in with a community at a given time.
One of the thing I love are people trying to place 2009 Western culture morals onto another time and place.
Morals can not exist and have no meaning without referencing a group as there is no universal free floating ideals morl systems cut off from emotions and groups needs.
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