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Re:Study of “moral grandstanding” helps explain why social m... by sneak on Thursday November 21, 2019 @03:02PM (#21598869)
Some we send to Afghanistan and Iraq, with pay and holidays and parades.
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Re:Study of “moral grandstanding” helps explain why social m... by bluGill on Thursday November 21, 2019 @03:05PM (#21598890)
Opps, you are correct I forgot about war. There are probably a couple other exceptions to the "general rule" as well.
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Re:Study of “moral grandstanding” helps explain why social m... by mcguire on Thursday November 21, 2019 @03:21PM (#21599088)
Back in college, I took a Contemporary Moral Problems class (from a professor who resembled Captain Kangaroo---it was surreal and probably an example of something). The one quote I remember from the reading was,

"I believe I have a moral responsibility not to wantonly slaughter my neighbors."

It's a short sentence, but the amount of waffling in it is amazing.

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