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As I stated above, I don't think people are basically "good" or "evil" because I think those concepts are man-made and therefore nothing is inherently "good" or "evil".hammegk said:
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A moral-anarchist manifesto
As anarchism is essentially the belief that self-government is preferable to state government (all the nihilistic definitions are the result of the Victorian equivalent of the "War on Terror") then a moral anarchist must be someone who believes that morality enforced on the basis of higher powers (whatever form they may take) is suspect. Morality must be arrived at by other means --such as logic and rationality--on the basis of mutual benefit, for human nature, if such a thing exists, must be essentially collaborative; we're disposed to acquiring language and we prefer to live in social groupings. All else is a matter of culture.
As anarchism is essentially the belief that self-government is preferable to state government (all the nihilistic definitions are the result of the Victorian equivalent of the "War on Terror") then a moral anarchist must be someone who believes that morality enforced on the basis of higher powers (whatever form they may take) is suspect. Morality must be arrived at by other means --such as logic and rationality--on the basis of mutual benefit, for human nature, if such a thing exists, must be essentially collaborative; we're disposed to acquiring language and we prefer to live in social groupings. All else is a matter of culture.
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Re: A moral-anarchist manifesto
Would "morally autonomous within the social structure" be a better phrase? It seems to me "morally anarchistic" would also preclude social constraints, but maybe I'm taking the definition of "anarchy" too far...BillyTK said:
Re: Re: A moral-anarchist manifesto
I'm proceeding on the basis that anarchy simply means "without leadership" which precludes imposed authority such as state government, but doesn't rule out voluntary co-operation (and which may incur social constraints). So for instance, between the two of us we might agree a moral code, which could incur penalties if I broke it, but which would still correspond with anarchism because it's a voluntary agreement. As long as I have the option to bugger off and agree to another one, then everything's groovy!Upchurch said: