User blog comment:DYBAD/Character Sheet/@comment-24955665-20160816020851/@comment-24955665-20160818044316

For me persoanlly I don't like the whole objective vs subjective morality thing in the first place. That whole debate is just semantics. "Might makes right" is not hypocisy, it is as far as I see, one of the obvoius metaphyical truths of existenice; even though it has ethical consquences. If you have the power to do X you have the right to do it. This is the metaphycial turth that all existnece falls under; it is only soical aniamls that create mental power strucutres that order and dictate our taste and preferences that hopefully create a healther group. If someone treats some as they don't want to be treated themsleves that is not hypocrisy by defualt that is just there behaviour. It only is hypocritical when one states values and then lives a life that goes agiant those values. I am coming from a nihilsitic perspetive and do not asume any meaning or purpose to our actions or ethics beyond our values. And that is even more true for an infinite omniverse where truly all action is inherently meaningless.

As for Lawrence he clearly does not follow the golden rule all the time. If for example: he were to meet and evil king who hurt his own people what would Lawrence do in this situation? If he followed the golden rule and asked "What would I want this god to do to me if I was this evil king". I think he would want to be changed for the better like the story of, Jesus and the possessd man in the graveyard, and not  be killed or hurt for his trangressions.

I am also assuming that Lawrence has killed people he did not have to. If this assumption is true then is not Lawrence a hypocrite for not follwing the golden rule with them and put his own pleasure above moral behavoiur.

Would Lawrence agree with the statment:"with great power comes great responsibilty"