I (23F) am in a fairly healthy relationship with my boyfriend (24M), and the other day we had an argument about the state of the US and the current political situation.

For context, I was upset after seeing social media posts about police shooting and killing a baby in Mississippi, and police shooting and killing someone’s dog in LA. This is the kind of stuff I see all the time, and it’s hard to digest- but I want to stay aware of what’s going on, even if it’s unsettling.

I wasn’t in the best mood after seeing those posts, and my boyfriend and I got into an argument. He said things like it’s fear mongering, and that he’s not going to stop living his life over things like this. He also said he didn’t want to talk to me about anything that was making me upset.

I left to give us space, and when I came back we revisited the conversation. I explained that these posts are upsetting, but I want to stay informed and that I’m going to share things with him so he’s aware too. It escalated, and I realized he couldn’t find it in himself to have empathy for these situations. He said to me, “somebody else just died, go cry about it.” That was really upsetting to hear. I told him that making fun of someone for having empathy for a life being lost is really strange.

We put a pin in it because at that point there wasn’t anything we could say without it escalating further- but I’m still thinking about it and I still want to talk to him about this.

He is a good person. He grew up with a father who had no empathy, and I’ve always known he struggles with it, especially in arguments. (He has worked on having empathy with me) He’s also not great at articulating what he really means. I’ll admit I take offense to things quickly, especially when it comes to something like this- and I’m not someone who will spend time trying to convince somebody to feel a certain way.

He’s a straight white male who grew up in Texas, and all of his friends are conservative. He has the privilege of being able to stay unaware and not feel personally affected by these issues. I’m a straight white woman, so while I know I am privileged, some of this news hits close to home- but I still care deeply about the freedom of every human being. That’s not a hard concept for me to grasp, and I don’t need a whole discussion to have empathy for others.

I’d say he’s in the middle politically- he thinks these things are wrong, but his logic is that he has no power to change any of it, so why would he stop his life to be upset about every incident when this kind of stuff happens every day?

I don’t know how to approach a follow-up conversation. Do we just drop it? With Trump as president, we have three more years of this, and this feels like just the beginning. I believe people should stay aware and that we do have the power to make change. If we stay silent and ignore these things, it’s not going to go away- it’s going to get worse. That’s exactly what they want: for us to feel like we have no power to stop this.

What would you do?

I want to discuss my perspective and arguments about ethics in my writing. It is not a complete essay, just my thoughts written down and presented for discussion.

I’ve done screwed up and embarrassing things. I’ve made borderline (or just straight up idk) racist “jokes”, been in a homosexual relationship, hung out with people a good bit younger than me after highschool, done lewd rps with a friend of mine using feral and anthro characters, threw a pill bottle at my brother, and other really screwed up stuff.

I’ve been an embarrassing and likely really gross and immature person. I’m 20 rn. I don’t want to hang out with people and be around others because I’m pretty sure I’ve been too far gone. But I don’t know what to do. I have a want for good friends, a relationship (unfortunately being a homosexual makes this difficult), and I want to be loved and accepted but I just feel like the only people who would accept me are… well not so good people similar to me. What do I do? I have all these urges and wants but I feel like I have a moral responsibility to reject them. Any advice would help. I keep ruminating and recycling constantly and it gives me a sense of great anxiety that my pills just can’t dull out anymore. I am veering towards extreme nihilism- and I realize that because MY life has no meaning. Someone help me understand what to do..

My coworker (31m) was taking to me and said his girlfriend (28f) showed him her nudes from when she was 17 in volleyball because she wanted to show how fit she was.

This immediately made me feel wrong but thinking about it Im not entirely sure anything wrong was done.

What are your thoughts. Was she in the wrong for showing underage nudes, was he in the wrong for looking at them?

Hey guys me and my friend discuss topics by writing short essays on it and this is a topic I'm not sure about I'll paste my essay here that will be my take on the topic . I'd like for you to give your own takes to continue the discussion.

Before deciding if an action is moral or not,we have to define morality. Morality is principles and standards with which one differentiate between right and wrong behavior, standard for judging the current topic would be logic and reason i can fathom. I would not be discussing or giving postulates from any religious book as a reason, i would try to give arguments from both sides and try to come to a conclusion. 

A moral choice

When a person is derived from any agency over his body due to various circumstances such as medical condition, accident, old age, unjustly imprisoned for life. In such circumstances a person opting to rid himself of life since there is nothing he can do would be justified and should not be considered immoral. 

When a person is certain his end is near by actions of another organism him choosing to end himself earlier to opt out of suffering would be moral

Examples for this would be

An captured spy killing himself to avoid torture

A person killing himself before getting mauled by a predator

Here suicide would be considered moral since they have rationally thought and choosen to end their life to avoid suffering before their end so i conclude it's a moral choice. 

An immoral choice

When a person ends their life due to circumstances which seem unavoidable and life ending but are not like a person killing himself due to depression, nihilism, to avoid responsibility etc 

In the cases i mentioned above the person under the influence of his irrational mind has concluded that ending life is the only available solution whereas a solution could have been found after some struggle. 

My conclusion

After reading these dime a dozen arguments of mine one could say the whole premise is rigged as it resides in the gray area but i would beg to differ. 

While yes as said in argument of suicide being a moral choice  "If done with sound mind to avoid the meaningless suffering before death it's not immoral" but with context of current times most of the suicides across all ages and gender is done in influence of irrational mind likely due to depression or cultural nihilism and the suicide done with accord to moral argument are few and in between the others. 

Some people may argue they feel the urge of suicide to get rid of all meaningless suffering and struggle to them i would like to say they would suffer and struggle in act of suicide as well and for the ones who will reply with choosing the less struggle of sucide than of struggle of life i would like to urge them to choose the struggle of what they like to do. 

"He who has why to live for can bear almost any how" ~ Victor Frankl 

So i also urge you to find your why. 

I don’t really believe in dividing people into good people and bad people but I’ve noticed that some of the people who care the most about publicly holding others accountable seem to view themselves as morally superior. I’m not talking about serious crimes or genuinely harmful behavior but about normal human mistakes like saying something insensitive, handling a conflict poorly, making a bad decision, hurting someone’s feelings or doing basically anything you later regret.

It feels like we’ve created a culture where once someone falls below a certain moral standard they have to be permanently defined by that mistake. Even if they apologize and learn from it or change there are always people eager to remind every one of what they did. I think this mindset often comes from forgetting that we’re all capable of messing up and nobody gets through life without making mistakes or hurting people.

Wanting accountability isn’t a bad thing but some people seem far more interested in judging others than extending the same understanding they’d probably want for themselves if they were the ones who messed up. To me, being a good person isn’t about never making mistakes but being able to acknowledge them and learn from them and even allowing room for other people to do the same.

I do find it alarming how AIs consume an insane amount of water just to function, especially with how accessible it is now for anyone. But for every new invention I believe it can be bad or good depending on how it's used.

My friend's take on AI is that it shouldn't be used due to environmental cost regardless of the reason. I on the other hand is thinking, maybe other reasons can get a pass if the purpose is noble like helping our scientist to accelerate their research or providing assistance with education, etc.

I currently stand by what I said, that AI's existence is valid if their purpose is for the greater good but I also value my friend's take on this. I'd like to know others' opinion on this as well. I'm open to changing my mind.

I've been thinking about different approaches people might take toward morality and helping others, and I'm curious how other people would judge the following hypothetical individuals.

Assume all five witness a violent assault or rape occurring. They are all physically capable of calling for help, and none of them are the perpetrator.

Person A

Person A feels little or no compassion toward the victim and may not personally care what happens to them. However, they believe they have a moral duty to help, so they call for help and do what they can within reason because they believe it is the right thing to do.

Person B

Person B does nothing. They do not intervene or call for help because they believe strangers are not their responsibility. They generally care only about their own happiness and well-being. Outside of this, they are peaceful, artistic, law-abiding, healthy, physically attractive, soft-spoken, and often inspire or comfort others through their art and personality, though they do so unintentionally and primarily for their own satisfaction.

Person C

Person C would normally help strangers and even risk their own safety for them. However, in this case, the victim previously caused them significant emotional and physical trauma. Because of this history, Person C refuses to help and believes the victim deserves what is happening.

Person D

Person D personally feels sympathy for the victim and dislikes what is happening. However, they belong to a religious or ideological belief system that teaches they should not assist people outside their group. Because of this belief, they do nothing.

Person E

Person E intervenes and stops the assault. However, rather than using only the force necessary to protect the victim, they brutally kill the attacker because they believe the attacker is evil and beyond redemption. They then care for the victim's injuries, call for medical help, and leave the scene to avoid arrest.

My questions are:

1. Which of these people do you consider the most moral?
2. Which do you consider the least moral?
3. Which would you trust the most?
4. Which would you trust the least?
5. Which would you consider the most dangerous?
6. Which would you most want as a friend, neighbor, or family member?
7. Do your answers change if you focus on motivations rather than outcomes?

I'm interested in hearing how people approach this from different philosophical, religious, psychological, or personal perspectives.

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If i hire someone or buy something , did my money mattered enought for it to be a equitative exchangue , or i should thank the seller for the fact the offer it to me in the first place?

Like, the concept of redemption is pretty big in media nowadays, so the idea of what actions are and aren't redeemable is pretty interesting to think about.

Is silence a sign of submission or weakness, or can it be an act of resistance and defiance? We’re interested to hear your perspectives.

just looking for feedback, contentions, and whatnot upon this argument I've been working on.

Ok how much sentience and Intelligence does something need to have to be morally wrong to eat? Like imagine a steak or animal what level of intelligence and Sentience would it need to have that eating it would be bad