tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6773876713591654358.post6861283355772381076..comments2023-05-03T10:39:16.695-07:00Comments on Earth Justice: What is a Moral System?earthjustice.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06285940024413114186noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6773876713591654358.post-40102135892483969602016-03-02T00:14:06.869-08:002016-03-02T00:14:06.869-08:00I am trying to avoid talking about such things at ...I am trying to avoid talking about such things at this stage, because I'm deliberately trying to keep to the basics. I'm trying to get at the foundation of morality -what is it, where did it come from, and what does it do. The idea of "rights" is a more sophisticated political concept, that carries a lot of metaphysical baggage with it. That doesn't mean that it isn't an important or necessary concept, but I haven't really reached the stage in my analysis where I can explain or critique it. We can use the term "moral" in a loose way, as a judgement upon an entire society, but I prefer to think of morality as system of regulation of behaviour. All societies work to preserve themselves by adhering to moral rules. We can say that societies are "sick" and "immoral" but that's metaphorical. We are talking as if society were an individual person. earthjustice.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06285940024413114186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6773876713591654358.post-63335682658716200262016-03-01T22:11:50.823-08:002016-03-01T22:11:50.823-08:00This brings me to question what rights are, the ri...This brings me to question what rights are, the right to clean air, water, shelter, education. These are needs or values subscribed to in moral societies, are there any immoral societies? What about the rights of trees or indemic animal life to existence? How does that fit into a moral argument?cmgoesvirtualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802768327632809208noreply@blogger.com