re societally acceptable behavior in article c sa s news cso uiuc edu cobb alexia lis uiuc edu mike cobb writes i guess i m delving into a religious language area what exactly is morality or morals i hope there is not one with a subject like this you just have a spiral what would then be a morality of a morality of morals labels don t make arguments one really needs a solid measuring stick by which most actions can be interpreted even though this would hardly seem moral for example the best thing for me is to ensure that i will eat and drink enough hence all actions must be weighed against this one statement whatever helps this goal is moral whatever does not is immoral of course this leads such a blank space there are so many different ways to fulfill a goal one would need a hyper morality to apply to just the methods i never thought of eating meat to be moral or immoral but i think it could be how do we differentiate between not doing something because it is a personal choice or preference and not doing something because we see it as immoral do we fall to what the basis of these morals are seems to me we only consider something moral or immoral if we stop to think about it long enough on the other hand maybe it is our first gut reaction which who knows perhaps here we have a way to discriminate morals i don t instinctively thing vegetarianism is right the same way i instinctively feel torture is wrong but if i thought about it long enough and listened to the arguments i could perhaps reason that it was wrong is that possible see the difference also consensus positions fall to a might makes right or as you brought out if whatever is right is what is societally mandated then whoever is in control at the time makes what is right mc mac michael a cobb and i won t raise taxes on the middle university of illinois class to pay for my programs champaign urbana bill clinton rd debate cobb alexia lis uiuc edu nobody can explain everything to anybody g k chesterton best regards adam adam john cooper verily often have i laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good simply because acooper macalstr edu they had no claws
