Everytime I think of an example of something I would find immoral, I can think of someone who would consider it moral. Of course, often I would consider that person to be an immoral person...
Should morality be in the eye of the beholder or an absolute, and if the latter, who should be the one to decide?
Anytime someone does anything, they're thinking in their own mind that it's good. Otherwise they wouldn't do it. But if their idea of 'good' is too narrow, they might only see the good aspects of what they do and choose to ignore or discount the bad parts; e.g. killing a bunch of their civilians so that our civilians can feel safe in the future.
If I had to quantify 'goodness' or 'badness', I'd measure it in the number of people/creatures who end up suffering (without having deserved it) as a result of the action.
There is probably no large-scale action that is completely good. Everything that's done for a greater good is probably going to hurt a few people (e.g. shutting down a factory that pollutes, and putting hundreds of people out of work).
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Should morality be in the eye of the beholder or an absolute, and if the latter, who should be the one to decide?
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If I had to quantify 'goodness' or 'badness', I'd measure it in the number of people/creatures who end up suffering (without having deserved it) as a result of the action.
There is probably no large-scale action that is completely good. Everything that's done for a greater good is probably going to hurt a few people (e.g. shutting down a factory that pollutes, and putting hundreds of people out of work).