Comments | lisathegr8: MORAL and ETHICS

lisathegr8

MORAL and ETHICS

Nov 22, 2003 01:31

What makes a person good? You tell me. Write me a goddam fucking list, and I will follow. In contrast, what makes a bad person? Does saying things like 'goddam' and 'fucking' make me a BAD person? Does being selfish make me a bad person? If it does, then so be it. You know why saying things like that are bad? Because they offend OTHER ( Read more... )

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silverslider November 22 2003, 09:37:34 UTC

Since I am uncertain as to the exact impetus for this entry [though there clearly is one], I will instead speak to the broader issue at hand ( ... )

lisathegr8 November 22 2003, 12:31:08 UTC

Thank you, Spencer, that was actually pretty helpful. I was slightly under the influence of alcohol when I wrote that entry, but it was a lot of things that I had been thinking and too lazy to say. You always have something insightful to say that makes me think :)

The boundaries of the definition of "good" are infact, fuzzy. They are intwined (is that a word?) with the definition of "bad." I'm not saying that good is defined by bad and vice versa, I'm saying that I think they are not as distinctive as I may have previously thought.

All of this has spawned from apathy. For too long, I was apathetic and lazy about my thoughts on the subject of morality. I just didn't realize that battling them would be so complex...