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Where is your moral event horizon?

Asked by Haleth (18947points) December 12th, 2009

There are many acts that we can explain away or rationalize because they’re not that bad. You can do something wrong and still be basically a good person and deserve sympathy. Do you think there’s a point of no return? Everyone’s values and morals are different, so what would be your point of no return? The one thing that, once you do this, there’s no way to explain your actions as anything but evil?

I have pretty loose morals, so I’ll casually do a lot of bad things like lying or stealing without feeling too bad about it. But I can’t bring myself to directly hurt another person, whether it’s hurting their feelings, hurting them physically, or just fucking them over, because I would feel too much guilt. It has to be on a personal level, someone I can see in person and talk to, not just the big faceless concept of “people.” If I accidentally bring bad fortune to someone I know or a stranger I meet, I apologize again and again and try to make amends.

What about you, jellies? Would you stop at lying, or go as far as murder if you could? What action would cause you to no longer be able to live with yourself?

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