For the sake of the question let's us imagine that stealing is no longer harmful (Don't ask me how, but stay with me here). In other words if something once consider mortality wrong is no longer wrong but beneficial. Would society accept it?
Stealing is not beneficial to a society. I can never be beneficial to a society. The only way I see this as being possible if the concept of ownership changed so that everybody owned something rather than an individual.. but thats not going to happen. So, I'm not sure why you're even asking this.. unless you steal often and dont' feel bad about it.
Stealing is not beneficial to a society. I can never be beneficial to a society. The only way I see this as being possible if the concept of ownership changed so that everybody owned something rather than an individual.. but thats not going to happen. So, I'm not sure why you're even asking this.. unless you steal often and dont' feel bad about it.
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I'm using stealing as an example of something that most people consider mortality wrong. Read my previous posts.
This is easily the most ridiculous thread of all time. But regardless of that, lets look at the question. If stealing was beneficial, then why wouldn't it be acceptable? It is only not accepted because it causes harm. And "mortality wrong" makes no sense.
Stealing IS beneficial but only for that particular individual, and it IS harmful for the person who is being stolen so i don't understand your question.
For the sake of the question let's us imagine that stealing is no longer harmful (Don't ask me how, but stay with me here).
alexside1
Stealing is beneficial -- for the person who stole without getting caught. What do you mean by beneficial? For whom do you mean stealing would become beneficial?
In other words if something once consider mortality wrong is no longer wrong but beneficial. Would society accept it?
alexside1
Morality can be considered somewhat relative, depending on the culture. Perhaps if you expressed your intended point of discussion showing a more plausible scenario (and more specifics), it would be easier to entertain the idea.
Stealing is beneficial -- for the person who stole without getting caught. What do you mean by beneficial? For whom do you mean stealing would become beneficial? dyer85
For some reason robin hood pops in my head.
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In other words if something once consider mortality wrong is no longer wrong but beneficial. Would society accept it?
alexside1
Morality can be considered somewhat relative, depending on the culture. Perhaps if you expressed your intended point of discussion showing a more plausible scenario (and more specifics), it would be easier to entertain the idea.
Lets take slavery as an example. Let's just say these slaves do things for us, while we do other importent things (War for example). And these slaves are treated very well.
Unless you can come up with a better example, that the only thing I got.
Society would eventually accept something that was beneficial but once considered morally wrong. I think prostitution is a good example of this. The legalisation of prostitution has a lot of benefits mainly in the realm of health and safety (less chance of disease, more protection from violence etc.) but more importantly in terms of the economy. There is a market for prostitutes at the moment, so why do governments not take advantage of it? The reason is obviously that it is morally dubious. Once it became a part of society and was legal for a while, then people would just accept it. Thinking about it, pornography may have been a better example (economic benefits from the industry but morally dubious).
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