Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-32571505-20180309042305/@comment-4867780-20180328051845

Now, that's some serious attention you've been paying there ^ ^

I do believe that mankind is inherently amoral, just like any other species. Why ? Because at the end of the day, we are simply mammals with opposable thumbs and higher cognitive functions. They allowed us to achieve a lot of great things, and notably build various cultures aiming at tempering our primitive impulses, but these accomplishments didn't change our core nature, and both our bloody history and modern politico-financial ruthlessness are large-scale testaments to this unchanging state of affair.

That's my understanding of the situation, so that's what I say ^ ^

Feel free to disagree and argue accordingly, it would be interesting to see how well one can defend the opposite stance. Seems a lot more challenging, but maybe it's just an impression.

" Is this an ad Nazium I see?"

Among similar ideologies, yes. Nazism, Maoism, Stalinism, etc. are all perfect examples of state-enforced "morality" that were ultimately "a brainwashing tool" that was notably used to "further inhuman agendas" (on top of maximizing instigators' status and wealth, of course).

"Either that, or that their statement was referring to your morality, e.i. one that is based on values of respect, freedom and happiness."

By all means, please do illustrate what "morality" looks like without those. I gave a few examples above myself, maybe you have different ones to propose ?

I didn't put survival up there because it obviously overrides the others as their prior condition, although even that is ultimately debatable. Lasting a little while longer isn't worth any price.