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[featherynscale]

Christ, I'm a lawyer today.
EDIT: I may also be inherently amoral. Or at least inherently capable of amorality. This is not as big of a concern as it might be, I suppose, since my personal guiding philosophies apply to acts and not necessarily to thoughts or opinions. Unless the thought is an act, in which case the first thing applies. Further investigation is required.

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[teross50.livejournal.com]

are ya thinking too hard today?

[greektoomey.livejournal.com]

This is very interesting to me; I had a conversation recently with myrsine in which I asserted that Good and Evil are measures of behavior, not of thoughts.

Does that mean that I am also amoral, by your standard?

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

I don't think so, no.

Where I have been challenged on morality is not on the thought/action continuum, but on my ability/desire/tendency to exclude morals from consideration of a question. I think that the logic goes something like "if you're capable of barring your morals from discussion of an issue, then you're capable of discarding them in practice, in which case they're not really bedrock principles, and you're amoral". I don't buy that, and I'm reasonably sure it's not a solid argument, but it's interesting to consider.

Whether or not I'm amoral, I'm definitely stronger in the ethics department than the moral department. But that's neither here nor there, I think.