anglagard writes:
Hitler's assasination (=murder) would have been good to the Allies, bad to the Nazis, and indifferent to Franco.
Hitler's death, natural or artificially produced, would benefit some, and annoy some. And it isn't really the benefit to the Allies that would have made it moral, right? It would have been the benefit to innocent citizens who were his victims. Similarly, just because Hitler's death was beneficial, would not mean it was moral. If a stray man walked over to Hitler and shot him just for fun with no idea who he was, accidental benefits would not equal moral. Morality is entirely subjective to the case at hand.
Nevertheless, I think the morality of a situation is determined on some type of scale. The rpobelm with these threads is that folks want to name a moral. Murder, theft, lying, etc. are not moral of immoral, they are relative. That is what your analogy shows. Not to beat a dead horse, but I see a scale called 'love of neighbor' and theft, murder, etc, sliding up and down the scale. But remember, love of God was the first commandment. Tell an ancient Hebrew, or a modern Christian/Muslim, 'God said' and murder goes to the top of the moral to do list.
Anyway...I have a game to play.
How do we know who is attractive? Is that based on a standard (I know the ancients had standards of beauty) or is that subjective?
Anyone can tell you, beauty is completely subjective. It's in the eye of the beholder, right?
Apparently not so. A recent study has shown that infants recognize and draw towards more attractive faces. Obviously this study is flawed. The scientists themselves must be biased to determine who is attractive in the first place, right? How do they possibly know that the baby is choosing the 'hottie' without a standard for beauty? How can they possibly pick a 'beautiful' face for the line-up without revealing their own bias.
Is there a standard for beauty?
Or...is it all subjective and changing with a culture? Hm. Seems pretty obvious. The standard of beauty changes, therefore flawed study. On the other hand, there might be a standard of some basic requirements like regularity of feature?
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