Moral principles

[Visionary]

If it were true that all moral principles were culturally relative and no one set of principles were better than any other, would that mean that there would be no moral basis for criticizing one's own society?


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[Bookworm]

Yes, it would.

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[MrSelf]

It would fall along the bell curve, most people accepting cultural norms, while a minority on both sides bucked the system. Moral basis only needs to be equal for people to use it as criticism, as long as you can borrow someone else's basis, a portion of the population will use it as evidence in criticism.

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[MrSelf]

In truth, as long as you are not an extreme, you will have people on both side who can find grounds for moral arguement (take from a conservative to social scale for example). The only way to avoid this is isolation, and that is increadibly dangerous. It creates diversity to the overall system, but also allows the people to believe their ways of thinking without question.

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[Visionary]

Do you believe diversity is important to the human race and where do you draw the line (if you should), or is it a substandard placed on us according to societal rules?

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[MrSelf]

Do you believe diversity is important to the human race and where do you draw the line (if you should), or is it a substandard placed on us according to societal rules?

Diversity is extremely important, just not as far as race is concerned. Diversity drives competition and expands our realm of capability and though. Diversity, as far as race is concerned, exist when we allow our environment to influence us over society.

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[MrSelf]

could you explain what you mean by this:

or is it a substandard placed on us according to societal rules?

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[Visionary]

could you explain what you mean by this:

or is it a substandard placed on us according to societal rules?

I'm thinking about that statement, it makes more sense to me now that what I meant was standard as opposed to substandard, my mistake.

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[MrSelf]

could you explain what you mean by this:

or is it a substandard placed on us according to societal rules?

I'm thinking about that statement, it makes more sense to me now that what I meant was standard as opposed to substandard, my mistake.

Ah, that makes sense. And yes, I believe society does try to make it a standard, when in fact it is always changing. The culture of Germany cannot stay the same unless they reject all outside influence, nor is there any real advantage to staying where they are, except for the ease at which things would come. People are afraid of change, really afraid of change.

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