artifactsofchina@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 天前If you argue for a cause like affordable housing for everyone, is it necessarily hypocritical if you also own investment properties?message-squaremessage-square143fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down19
arrow-up1128arrow-down1message-squareIf you argue for a cause like affordable housing for everyone, is it necessarily hypocritical if you also own investment properties?artifactsofchina@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 天前message-square143fedilink
minus-squareBlameThePeacock@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 天前That’s only one variation of moral relativism. It is, as most things in ethics are, not black and white.
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 天前your version is no more defensible than divine command theory, and it’s totally useless for debating what we ought to think is moral.
minus-squareBlameThePeacock@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 天前I already stated what I believe to be moral in this situation, and how I arrived at that conclusion.
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·6 天前…with all the authority of a Bible thumper.
That’s only one variation of moral relativism. It is, as most things in ethics are, not black and white.
your version is no more defensible than divine command theory, and it’s totally useless for debating what we ought to think is moral.
I already stated what I believe to be moral in this situation, and how I arrived at that conclusion.
…with all the authority of a Bible thumper.