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To: LeGrande; Texas Songwriter
The basic idea is that if you help others and work together you will be much better off. That is the basic "moral" principle that underlies all morality. In other words it is simply selfishness coupled with the understanding that helping and cooperating with others gets you more of whatever you want. That is why it is immoral to lie, steal, murder, etc. Those are all uncooperative acts, hence immoral.

Ah, morality by consensus and communism. How typically atheist of you.

133 posted on 05/01/2011 9:07:53 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom; LeGrande; Texas Songwriter
Ah, morality by consensus and communism

Oh, please, Japan has morality by consensus and it's not "communist".

138 posted on 05/01/2011 9:46:57 PM PDT by kosta50
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To: metmom
Ah, morality by consensus and communism. How typically atheist of you.

No it is morality for self interest, Libertarianism and Capitalism.

154 posted on 05/02/2011 6:33:19 AM PDT by LeGrande (I believe in liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone.)
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