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[cinaedis42]

if you realize that your actions are immoral, does that mean that you have good morals instilled in you? putting it another way, does it matter whether or not you realize you are immoral? brendan and david and others, i am looking for help.

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[und4life]

If you realize that your actions are immoral, then you might have a good sense of morality instilled in you, I think you remain immoral nonetheless. In Catholic theology, for example, knowing you're doing wrong and continuing to do it anyway is pretty much the only sure-fire path to condemnation. If you realize you are immoral, then ideally you should take that knowledge and apply it towards correcting that behavior. Recognizing your immorality and continuing with it only exacerbates the level of immorality. Really, the only point of having a sense of morality instilled in us is so we can apply self-correction. Not using this capacity for self-correction would be another immoral act in itself.

[spgeddie]

Just for discussion's sake, I think you also have to determine why your immoral action or feeling overpowers your "good sense" of morality. It might mean that your sense of morality just isn't as sound as you originally thought. On a personal level, everyone's sense of morality is a little differet from everyone else's. Are terrorists immoral? They don't think so.