Re:The Banana Trick and Other Acts of Self-Checkout Thievery...
by SantalBlush on Sunday July 28, 2019 @10:55AM
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I've had multiple people try to explain to me why morals are necessary for society, as if I'm arguing against them. I'm not even advocating for shoplifting (though perhaps I could have phrased it better), but I think a lot of people may have intentionally misread my overall point.
We are in agreement that a common sense of morality is necessary for the proper functioning of society. My issue is precisely that powerful people in our society often do not share our sense of morality, they do not live by it, and they are not adequately punished for it. They use our system of ethics against us, and that is what I find frustrating.
Re:The Banana Trick and Other Acts of Self-Checkout Thievery...
by YeGoblynQueenne on Sunday July 28, 2019 @11:58AM
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I agree- I too think that financially or politically powerful people don't live by the same rules as the rest of us.
The answer of course is to band together and form units with more power than those people. Another benefit of living in a society, I guess.
The way I understand it, every structure in an organised society relies on people acting ethically, or in any case not going out of their way to harm each other without a very good reason.
For example. If I go to the doctor I trust that she won't suggest treatments I don't need because she wants to take my money. That sort of thing.
For me anyway at least one practical purpose served by morality is that it ensures a society remains functional and does not degenerate into chaos.