Toward a Universal Moral Framework Why laws can govern behavior but only ethics can hold a society together

Law can regulate behavior.
But it cannot create meaning, virtue, or trust.

Without shared moral foundations, systems become hollow.

A new essay:

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#MoralFramework #SocialStability #MoralRelativism #HumanValues #CulturalAnalysis #SharedValues #Ethics

Milton Friedman just manipulated nafs to justify exploitation in capitalism -Abell

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#islam #moralrelativism

Warning: “Western Civilization Will Disintegrate Without Truth” While not a titillating, headline-grabbing topic, people’s disbelief in Truth is one of our time’s most important issues.

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“Plato is my friend,” ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle reputedly said, “but truth is a greater friend.” Yet today many might say “Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, Newton is my....

#philosophy #Truth #moralrelativism #WesternCivilization #culture

#52booksin52weeks 35. Character has a Secret Indentity - Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots #hench #henchman #supervillian #rage #FeministRage #superhero #Capitalism #theboys #MoralRelativism #cynical #booksky #ttrpgpodcast #gamemaster #gamemastersbookclub www.k-squareproductions.com/gmbc

#atheism #moralrelativism :P

Ok but seriously, I get why Ohba wrote Near’s response this way. At first it’s from the standpoint of the law, and then Near appeals to what everyone in the warehouse personally believes Light is a delusional, evil fool. #DNbs

Look, it's me, goring your ox. #moralrelativism #terencemckenna #erissky #chaosky

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If we say ‘all perspectives are valid,’ are we losing truth itself? Let’s think together about the cost of moral relativism.

#Truth #Reflection #MoralRelativism

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Great question. #Christian (s) would say taking a life is immoral. The #karma aspect is more interesting to me. Is the #PTSD soldiers face have to do with moral reservations about what they did? Or just that they were in insane, dangerous, traumatizing situations? #moralrelativity #moralrelativism

Immoral because an individual is hurt in both cases. #moralrelativity #moralrelativism

“Drinkable quantities of clean water are unqualifiedly a good thing, no matter the stories we tell ourselves.” She got it. She smiled before saying, “And breathable clean air.” We both nodded. She continued, “Without them you die.”
#Derrickjensen #endgame #moralrelativity #moralrelativism

Morality is a social construct, Americans 🇺🇲 are brainwashed BUT #derrickjensen says the second part: if someone rapes you, you will not like it. If someone slams your hand with a hammer, your nerves will register pain. #moralrelativity #moralrelativism #endgame

Absolute moral relativism is a hell of a drug. During the crusades 'Christians' cut babies out of living women. Once you believe it doesn't matter what you do because the world is ending anyway, you can become a serious super-villain. Hooray for relativism! It's all ending. #MoralRelativism #MAGA

Absolute moral relativism is a hell of a drug. During the crusades 'Christians' cut babies out of living women. Once you believe it doesn't matter what you do because the world is ending anyway, you can become a serious super-villain. Hooray for relativism! It's all ending. #MoralRelativism #MAGA

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BREAKING: #NELKBOYS INTERVIEW #NETANYAHU, AUDIENCE REVOLTS
#IDFTerrorists #GazaGenocide #MoralRelativism #OnlineMedia #BroSphere
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Why Do So Many People Think Trump Is Good? The work of the moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre helps illuminate some central questions of our time.

We’ve tried to cure the #MoralVacuum at the center of the #Enlightenment -- and the cure turned out to be worse than the disease...the #MoralRelativism of the ’80s and ’90s looks like a golden age compared with today. #Individualism #Emotivism #GiftArticle buff.ly/ayZKA0A

Relativism Fuels Dangerous Lies - Ted Cruz on Tucker Carlson

#moralrelativism #putin #worldleaders #trump

Made in 2015.

#PhilRobertson #DuckDynasty #Atheism #Morality #Conservative #GoodWithoutGod #MoralRelativism #God

Melanie Phillips Shocked the Left by Exposing Why They Support Hamas She nailed it.

An intelligent explanation of sick people

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#SickPeople #MelaniePhillips #HamasSupport #LeftistIdeology #IsraelPalestine #MoralRelativism #AntiWesternBias #PoliticalAnalysis

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One of the hardest pills to swallow after leaving a rigid faith system?
Moral relativism.
Not in the “anything goes” way your old pastor warned about.
But in the terrifying, humbling truth:
Life isn’t black and white. It never was.
#Deconstruction #MoralRelativism #SpiritualJourney

Its a bit #moralrelativism but I really hate when ppl watch/read Vampire shit, or just Fantasy shit in general & apply Human/IRL morality to it. Example: ReWatching #InterviewwiththeVampire on #AMC & I see no issue with lastat & his Frustration w/ Louis' unwillingness to feed on Humans #TV

The reckoning in higher education is just starting #moralrelativism #posttruth open.substack.com/pub/nadinabb...

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The second level (Level II), contextually-situated instrumental rationality, makes use of the same protolaws as used in Level I and applies them towards improving the world, but whereas Level I is a general rationality, Level II is what actually happens in a context of, for instance, relations of domination. In this context, Bhaskar assumes that such instru- mental rationality is of greater benet to the oppressed than to the oppressor. He says, ‘The human sciences are not neutral in their consequences in a non-neutral (unjust, asym- metrical) world. And it is just this which explains their liability to periodic or sustained attack by established and oppressive powers’ (Bhaskar 2009, 182). An example is the stat- istical data indicating that, for the rst time since records began, life expectancy in the UK has declined (Collinson 2019). This statistic indicates that there is a signicant problem with the way that society is theorized, that is, it puts into question the justications us

Cover of Andrew Sayer's 'Why things Matter to People' depicting 3 people sitting on a bench looking out to the sea

Working through this & Special Issue it introduces.
V. helpful on many levels as I try to theorise & practise 'why things matter to people', including whether/how academic writing matters (cf the whole #AI thing)
#CriticalRealism #MoralRealism #MoralRelativism #AcWri #IsOught doi.org/10.1080/1476...