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   KZ71 said, over 2 years ago

   Remind me not to take Dogbert’s human philosophy class.

   First comment on my first day of membership! Ha!
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   Nabuquduriuzhur said, over 2 years ago

   From one of my books:
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   “It’s clear that people do bad things, but how you know those things are bad things? What IS a “bad” action? What is evil? Evil must be defined before one can answer those questions.
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   Evil has been defined in different ways. Some define it as being an absence of good, in the same way that absolute zero is the absence of energy. Others define it as a force in itself or as a state in itself.
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   The Bible uses the term evil in two ways— misfortune and moral evil. Misfortune is self-explanatory. Moral evil is that evil which springs from selfishness.
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   As an example, here are Commandments Six through Ten of the Ten Commandments:
   13 " “You shall not murder.
   14 “You shall not commit adultery.
   15 “You shall not steal.
   16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
   17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.” " —Exodus 20:13-17 (KJV)
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   Murder, adultery, stealing, lying, and coveting.
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   Every one of those moral evils spring from human selfishness of one kind or another."
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   Note that those evils are things that harm others. Murder harms the victim. Adultery harms the victim. Stealing harms the victim. Lying harms the victim. Coveting leads to a host of things like theft that harm the victim.
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   Sisyphos said, over 2 years ago

   Beware, Little Rex! Going to Dogbert for advice on Good and Evil is only one step below asking the Prince of Heck!
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   Chris Kenworthy said, over 2 years ago

   Interestingly, the new Dilbert today is also about thinking with your gut.
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   Crow Nobo, fol de rol de riddle said, over 2 years ago

   Thinking with your gut makes your thoughts crappy.
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   Jonathan Mason said, over 2 years ago

   Actually, there are 613 commandments in the bible, and virtually no-one follows any of them, but then again, the bible is a work of fiction, so it doesn’t matter.
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   Black4dder said, over 2 years ago

   It’s interesting that rape and child abuse never made the commandments list.
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   mwbarr said, over 2 years ago

   This is the statement of ethics of every GOP candidate.
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   potrerokid1532 said, over 2 years ago

   @Jonathan Mason

   You’re not so bad at it yourself; but, did you really have to post it three times?????
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    MaxStarmanJones said, over 2 years ago

    @Chris Kenworthy

    You beat me to it! I was thinking how Scott Adams has not changed that much, still talking about gut feelings.
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    MaxStarmanJones said, over 2 years ago

    @Jonathan Mason

    Methinks thou dost protest too much.
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    davbart92663 said, over 2 years ago

    @Black4dder

    “Rape and child abuse not in the commandments”.

    If you would think about it, which would be a good act, you would realize that rape is adultery. And, treat others as yourself takes care of child abuse.

    Thinking is good, reacting without thought is evil. Also close mindedness and bigotry.
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    ujean said, over 2 years ago

    The Golden Rule is not one of the Big 10. It doesn’t show up until the New Testament. Along with “love one another”. Both of which are rarely practiced by the individuals who claim the Bible as their moral guide.
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    exoticdoc2 said, over 2 years ago

    @Jonathan Mason

    Keep believing that, denial will avail you nothing.
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    exoticdoc2 said, over 2 years ago

    @Nabuquduriuzhur

    That still fails to provide a valid basis for morality. All it does is shift the question slightly. Why is it wrong to be selfish? Why is it wrong to hurt others? For true objective morality to exist it requires a source that is outside of and above human beings, otherwise all you are left with is mere human opinion with no way to distinguish the validity of one random collection of atom’s opinion from another’s.
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