• FlowVoid@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    As I said, I think the vast majority of people who have lost a child do not ever want to debate whether the death was justified. Furthermore plenty of other people - Palestinian or otherwise - do not want to engage in a debate over Israel.

    I have no idea how many people in the rest of the world agree with Israel, and it doesn’t matter to me at all. I don’t think it affects whether they are justified. There are plenty of things that are not justified even though they are very popular, and vice versa.

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      5 months ago

      Sorry… you think moral justification does not depend on what the majority considers to be morally justified?

      Where does it come from, your god?

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        5 months ago

        Morality usually comes from some sort of first principles. Some are religiously inspired, but I think it’s much better to start with one or more moral philosophers.

        If we simply put it to a vote, then we would likely conclude that slavery was moral in the 18th century.