artifactsofchina@lemmy.worldcake to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 个月前If you argue for a cause like affordable housing for everyone, is it necessarily hypocritical if you also own investment properties?message-squaremessage-square136linkfedilinkarrow-up1136
arrow-up1136message-squareIf you argue for a cause like affordable housing for everyone, is it necessarily hypocritical if you also own investment properties?artifactsofchina@lemmy.worldcake to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 个月前message-square136linkfedilink
minus-squareBlameThePeacock@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 个月前That’s only one variation of moral relativism. It is, as most things in ethics are, not black and white.
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 个月前your version is no more defensible than divine command theory, and it’s totally useless for debating what we ought to think is moral.
minus-squareBlameThePeacock@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 个月前I already stated what I believe to be moral in this situation, and how I arrived at that conclusion.
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 个月前…with all the authority of a Bible thumper.
That’s only one variation of moral relativism. It is, as most things in ethics are, not black and white.
your version is no more defensible than divine command theory, and it’s totally useless for debating what we ought to think is moral.
I already stated what I believe to be moral in this situation, and how I arrived at that conclusion.
…with all the authority of a Bible thumper.