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Irish_Dem

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15. What does it mean to be a decent human being, and to have a moral core?

Reply to guillaumeb (Original post)

Thu Dec 28, 2017, 12:42 PM

Dec 2017

Last edited Thu Dec 28, 2017, 01:43 PM - Edit history (1)

If we cannot agree on what this means, then we have identified part of the problem
in our evolution as moral creatures?

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For example, if people cannot see the difference between Obama and Trump, then I guess
we have a long way to go.

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Are you a good person? How can you tell? [View all] guillaumeb Dec 2017 OP

I'm in ethical culture. no_hypocrisy Dec 2017 #1

And what is good is defined by each culture. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #2

Some cultures think it is good to brutally subjugate women or execute prisoners. Voltaire2 Dec 2017 #17

Good is a relative term. As my example illustrated. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #18

I'm saying cultural relativism leads to some rather uncomfortable consequences Voltaire2 Dec 2017 #19

I want to be a good person but I know I frequently fall short. yallerdawg Dec 2017 #3

I think that we all share what you expressed in your first line. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #4

Years ago, I met some Christians who shared a group home downtown Houston, TX. yallerdawg Dec 2017 #7

A very nice example. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #8

We are all good. In Buddhism it is said we all have a Buddha nature wasupaloopa Dec 2017 #5

An excellent way to express it. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #6

I think I am and because I don't doc03 Dec 2017 #9

Hypocrisy is a human trait. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #10

It is indeed. trotsky Dec 2017 #12

Well, according to some versions of Christianity, trotsky Dec 2017 #11

Self-assessment is a poor way to measure that sort of thing, MineralMan Dec 2017 #13

"None is righteous, no, not one." MineralMan Dec 2017 #14

What does it mean to be a decent human being, and to have a moral core? Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #15

It's a fluid definition for both items. MineralMan Dec 2017 #16