Why I must do good?
There should be no why? behind it.. you should desire it
There should be no why? behind it.. you should desire it
Why I must do good?
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We all desire to do "good". However the question becomes, what is good? For the rapist, "good" is to rape. Thus he should desire it, no?
Ultimately, it is for themselves that people "do good". My arguments have fallen on deaf ears.
The point is "good" has no objective meaning. You can say we all strive to do "good", but what is good?
Take your example of a rapist.
Now if a rapist think he is doing good wouldn't you think he would be letting everyone one know what a good boy he is?
the rapist knows he's not doing good , otherwise he wouldn't be trying to conceal it.
Now if a rapist think he is doing good wouldn't you think he would be letting everyone one know what a good boy he is?
the rapist knows he's not doing good , otherwise he wouldn't be trying to conceal it.
Entirely. It's not always obvious.
No, he conceals it because he knows that in the perception of others he is not doing good, and they will react in a negative manner toward him.
I wouldn't know, not being able to place myself in the first person with your example :shrug:
Then for that very reason, you cannot maintain that he "...knows he's not doing good..."
Perhaps a better example is in order
I can maintain that a rapist knows he is not doing good even if I have never raped anyone.
I don't have to go to Japan to know it exists.
I can maintain that a rapist knows he is not doing good even if I have never raped anyone.
I don't have to go to Japan to know it exists.
Howso?
True, but for a very different reason than you think you know the state of mind of a rapist..
so you know the mind of a rapist then?
You miss the point entirely: you (nor anyone else) don't know their mind.
I didn't miss the point as there was really never one.
Maybe with the OP, but it strayed away and the thread was derailed
Maybe with the OP, but it strayed away and the thread was derailed
Fair enough then. Let's get back to it (though I think the OP is flawed, as it's written..).
My response: there is no compulsion for anyone to do good.
Doing good is the basis of moral.
I do not believe in God, I do not believe in after-death.
If I think man just dies and ceases to exist, do I still need to do good?
Can you teach me, what is moral and immoral? Based on what to judge that?
Sounds like a fishing trip to me
One needs some book to tell them right or wrong?
I do not believe in God, I do not believe in after-death.
If I think man just dies and ceases to exist, do I still need to do good?
Can you teach me, what is moral and immoral? Based on what to judge that?
Sounds like a fishing trip to me
One needs some book to tell them right or wrong?