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catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
edited April 2007 in A Moving Train
do you believe there are some people who should be exempt from the morality of society in general?
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  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    What do you mean?

    If you are referring to people who have suffered serious brain injury or trauma, then no. Politicians, no. I don't think anyone should be exempt from morality. Although I don't agree with everyone's versions of morality.

    People who are sick should be examined and appropriate therapy given to help repair the damage.

    Just my opinion, don't fucking flip out.
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    i won't flip out. :D
    it was just a question our teacher asked us in class during the week. we're reading dostoyevsky's crime and punishment and its relevant to that(or so our professor tells us). she asked us should people of higher intelligence be above the normal moral standard. it took me about a second to say absolutely not, everyone should be held accountable in the same way.
    but as you have pointed out ahnimus, people with brain injuries would constitute a different class of accountability. allowances should be made. but that doesn't mean they should be able to get away with murder figuratively speaking.
    and yes again i agree, morality is not a universal thing. nor should it be. or be expected to be.
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  • edgarcampedgarcamp Posts: 100
    People of higher intellijense! I know so many, and their morals suck. If they are so god damn smart, then they should be held to a higher standard. In the end, we are all just people.
  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    absolutely not.


    however, i think 'moral standards' are quite amibiguous to begin with. sure, there are some very specific/clear societal moral standards, more along lines of right/wrong...but even then, we all seem to have exceptions to said standards too...so yea, it's difficult to pinpoint. bottomline though, i think no one should be exempt from our basic morals as a society. on a personal level, far more amibiguous and thus more leeway.
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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Ask the current US government.... :rolleyes:
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  • gue_bariumgue_barium Posts: 5,515
    catefrances wrote:
    do you believe there are some people who should be exempt from the morality of society in general?

    I was under the impression Jesus killed you in Mississippi recently.
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    catefrances wrote:
    do you believe there are some people who should be exempt from the morality of society in general?

    No, but it's all subjective isn't it? :)
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  • gue_bariumgue_barium Posts: 5,515
    catefrances wrote:
    i won't flip out. :D
    it was just a question our teacher asked us in class during the week. we're reading dostoyevsky's crime and punishment and its relevant to that(or so our professor tells us). she asked us should people of higher intelligence be above the normal moral standard. it took me about a second to say absolutely not, everyone should be held accountable in the same way.
    but as you have pointed out ahnimus, people with brain injuries would constitute a different class of accountability. allowances should be made. but that doesn't mean they should be able to get away with murder figuratively speaking.
    and yes again i agree, morality is not a universal thing. nor should it be. or be expected to be.

    An over-rated novel. The detail of the murder lead many to suspect Dostoevsky actually did the deed.
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  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    gue_barium wrote:
    An over-rated novel. The detail of the murder lead many to suspect Dostoevsky actually did the deed.



    i loved it. :)
    so yea, don't consider it over-rated in the least...but an excellent thought process there. and yea, as jeanie pointed out quite succinctly, morality IS quite subjective, so yea......:p
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  • gue_bariumgue_barium Posts: 5,515
    decides2dream wrote:
    i loved it. :)
    so yea, don't consider it over-rated in the least...but an excellent thought process there. and yea, as jeanie pointed out quite succinctly, morality IS quite subjective, so yea......:p

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  • ToolgardenToolgarden Posts: 88
    gue_barium wrote:
    An over-rated novel. quote]

    Eh? Why?
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    crime and punishment is one of the greatest novels ever written. there are times i think morality is relative. perhaps vigilantism like boondock saints...
  • negationistnegationist Posts: 237
    morals?! Aren't they just rules made by humans to ensure that humans behave in a certain way. Something that is immoral to one may not be the same to another.
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