• snooggums@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    Morality is, and always has been, built entirely upon empathy. Understanding how someone else feels and considering the greater implications beyond yourself is the fundamental building block to living a moral life.

    Stoning people to death for mixing fabrics was based on morality too.

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      6 hours ago

      Nah, the probibitions against mixed fabrics, and who can be considered holy, and how to pray and to whom, all of those are edicts designed to exert control. It has nothing to do with morality.

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        12 hours ago

        Oh no, my half remembered example of overly violent reactions to breaking moral traditions might not be literally accurate!

        Did religions include extremely harsh punishments for breaking moral codes? Yes. That is the point even if the details aren’t exactly right.

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          12 hours ago

          You can hold to an ethical code while breaking your moral code. This seems to be an example of that, and my frustration with ethics codes of many professional societies/organizations. You can be entirely ethical yet still spend your life crating efficient life ending tools.