Bayes
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Post by Bayes on Dec 2, 2011 3:25:15 GMT
Just looking to see how people put theirs together, I know some are Christian and draw on the bible.
Personally I choose to behave as if I believe in reincarnation, without any paticular rules of karma and so forth.
This means that if I act to make the entire world a better place then I am acting in my own interests for the next life time. If I do things that benefit more people and other living things than they hurt, in the long term, I am increasing my chances of being reincarnated into a better world.
I don't have any compelling evidence of reincarnation, but I feel that emulating a belief in it will cause me to act in the way that I am going to be the most morally proud of behaving.
How do you build your moral code?
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Post by wendypotter on Dec 3, 2011 15:09:23 GMT
With a compiler. usually C++
WP
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Post by cuckingfunt on Dec 3, 2011 15:12:49 GMT
Bwahahahahaha!
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Post by ksen on Dec 6, 2011 18:00:20 GMT
Why not just be good to other people because you want other people to be good to you too?
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Post by Bayes on Dec 6, 2011 20:16:48 GMT
Why not just be good to other people because you want other people to be good to you too? I haven't found that to be particularly effective. With some people it is, many others simply take advantage of me if I am good to them. Being good so they will be good in return also only works for acts that they know about.
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Post by ksen on Dec 6, 2011 20:27:59 GMT
But being good to other people isn't just for them. It's also for your own peace of mind.
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Post by Bayes on Dec 7, 2011 18:33:21 GMT
That makes sense, basically simply following your own internal compass.
I don't find that I have a very good internal compass, which is why I have constructed a logical framework for my own morality.
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Post by rns on Apr 21, 2012 18:42:06 GMT
As a rule of thumb I use the golden/silver rule: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Rulebut obviously, like with all rules, there are exceptions (because an act could be either moral or immoral depending on the circumstances)
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