There's a lot of talk out there labeling carbs as either «good» or «bad,» but I prefer to keep that kind
of moral judgment out of my relationship with food.
Not exact matches
His argument, part
of which appeared in these pages («Leading Children Beyond Good and Evil,» May 2000), is that
moral education as presently conceived almost inevitably ends up by thinning
out moral content, removing the sharp edges
of judgment, avoiding normative traditions
of moral experience, and thus stifling the factors most crucial to the formation
of character.
And I suppose at this point I must point
out what should be common knowledge: If secular thinkers believe they can take the measure
of traditional
moral and religious concepts with the callow
judgment that they are comparable to geocentrism, they are simply mistaken.
It removes the necessity for you to question human
morals or to make your own
moral decisions, because it lays
out a set
of simple rules upon which you will always fall back if things get a little too confusing or uncomfortable for independent
judgment or consideration.
I mean no
moral judgment here when I say that, sociologically speaking, these are oddball faith communities: small, distinctive minorities, with decidedly
out -
of - the - mainstream religious beliefs.
The example was meant to bring
out even more sharply Immanuel Kant's point that a unanimity
of feeling simply can not supply the ground
of a
moral judgment.
If same - sex marriage is accepted as a constitutional right, the rights
of orthodox religious groups regarding their approach to and public
judgment of the
moral quality
of same - sex couples» relationships may lose
out, and in numerous ways.
Nevertheless, both are devoted to the personal vocation
of man, though under different titles... [Yet] at all times and in all places, the Church should have the true freedom to teach the faith, to proclaim its teaching about society, to carry
out its task among men without hindrance, and to pass
moral judgment even in matters relating to politics whenever the fundamental rights
of man or the salvation
of souls requires it» (Gaudium et Spes, 76).
In a new paper, my colleagues (Amy Moors and Sena Koleva) and I wanted to figure
out some
of the reasons why people think that some relationship betrayals are bad.1 Our research focused on
moral judgment, which is what happens when you think that a person's actions are wrong, and
moral reasons, which are the things that explain
moral judgment.