artifactsofchina@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · il y a 11 moisIf you argue for a cause like affordable housing for everyone, is it necessarily hypocritical if you also own investment properties?message-squaremessage-square137linkfedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down110
arrow-up1126arrow-down1message-squareIf you argue for a cause like affordable housing for everyone, is it necessarily hypocritical if you also own investment properties?artifactsofchina@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · il y a 11 moismessage-square137linkfedilink
minus-squareBlameThePeacock@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·il y a 11 moisThat’s only one variation of moral relativism. It is, as most things in ethics are, not black and white.
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·il y a 11 moisyour 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·il y a 11 moisI already stated what I believe to be moral in this situation, and how I arrived at that conclusion.
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·il y a 11 mois…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.