Originally posted by sithsaber408
Food for thought, with the recent Virginia Tech Tragedy, and the 10 year aniversary of the Columbine shooting.... why are our kids doing these things now?One possible answer:
You may or may not agree, but at least watch it all, then post your comment.
Kinda ****ed. Well, I feel the freedoms we enjoy would be absolutely worth the few deaths that the guy says we get because of that. I don't believe that for one that is the reason. And also I don't feel that the time before we granted all those freedoms was that great...you know, no women's rights, segregation, etc.
Originally posted by Alliance
The best part about this? Its wrong.
Moral relativism isn't the problem in these shootings, its moral absolutism.
Cho directly compares himself to Jesus Christ, dying because of the sins of others.
So before you saunter off into your timeless bullshit of "morality is declining"
and "desensitization to violence and death," which are separate points
think about what Cho's concept of morality was.
Moral relativism breeds respect and tolerance for others.It also breeds a lack of moral standards.
However, to say that moral relativism inherently "breeds" tolerance and respect is as much crap as saying that moral absolutism inherently breeds intolerance/disrespect. Want to try me on that? Okay, let's take a look at it this way: how many ethical relativists actually tolerate/respect extremely staunch moral absolutists like Christian fundamentalists?
Cho shows then dangers of moral absolutism, not moral relativism.
how many ethical relativists actually tolerate/respect extremely staunch moral absolutists like Christian fundamentalists?
Well, I tolerate them. I just think they are idiots and they shouldn't force their, in my opinion bad (relative) morals on others...
And I respect any absolutist whose morals I can agree with, I might argue with him about the relativity of morals, but that doesn't imply disrespect.
Though, I absolutely agree that moral relativism doesn't have any inherent tolerance.
I disagree with Fece.