Taboo (thanks to Gerard Vlemmings)
I've always been a "live and and live" sort of person, and now I have something to back me up. I've always wondered about my moral inhibitions and how they measure up. So here it is:
You see very little wrong in the actions depicted in these scenarios. However, to the extent that you do, it is a moot point how you might justify it. You don't think an action can be morally wrong if it is entirely private and no one, not even the person doing the act, is harmed by it....
But you don't think that an action can be morally wrong solely for the reason that it harms the person undertaking it. More significantly, when asked about each scenario, in no instance did you respond that harm had resulted. Consequently, it is a puzzle why you think that any of the actions depicted here are of questionable morality....
Your Moralising Quotient is: 0.20.
Your Interference Factor is: 0.20.
Your Universalising Factor is: 0.00.
I suppose my concept of morality is very much tied up in whether someone is being harmed by the action of the actor. If I do something, but no one is harmed by it, has any harm been done? Outside of perhaps offending someone's sensibilities, the answer clearly is no. Murder and rape are wrong because those actions cause harm to a human being. However, if I engage in an activity and no one else is harmed, then how can my action be considered immoral? I do not believe that an action is morally wrong if only the person committing the act is harmed. He may be stupid, or he may be a Darwin Award candidate (or perhaps even a DUMB@$$ AWARD candidate), but he is not morally wrong.
To my way of thinking, too many people view morality as the right to impose their philosophy on those who may not necessarily think the same way. We have laws to protect us from harm from individuals and entities who may not view whether or not we are harmed as their primary concern. That should be adequate. I do NOT want an individual having the power to brand me "immoral" simply because the way I live my life happens to be outside the narrow boundaries of their own moral code.
"Live and let live" really isn't such a bad thing if you think about it. If more people tried this, we might all be in a better place.
