proximo
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So what about if you're aware of general socially agreed morals, and can appear to adhere to them, but this is more out of your own sense of what's rational/useful/constructive and what isn't, as opposed to any firm sense of things being right/wrong, good/bad?
What are you then? Is it just that your moral centre is staked around the concept of utility, a valuing of constructiveness and efficiency/efficacy, rather than around the concept of what's good for people, makes them happy, avoids harm to others etc.?
The two can overlap... at least in appearance. A person who never really thinks or cares about what's "right" or "good" might still appear to be doing right, doing good. Does this mean they're moral?
What are you then? Is it just that your moral centre is staked around the concept of utility, a valuing of constructiveness and efficiency/efficacy, rather than around the concept of what's good for people, makes them happy, avoids harm to others etc.?
The two can overlap... at least in appearance. A person who never really thinks or cares about what's "right" or "good" might still appear to be doing right, doing good. Does this mean they're moral?