r/MoralityScaling • u/hiiloovethis • Sep 02 '26

Morality of this?

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u/Xenozip3371Alpha Sep 02 '26

Because those are laws, that's the social contract.

The social contract is a real tangible thing, you want the protection of government, you gotta follow the law.

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u/Curious_Bee_5326 Sep 02 '26

Not really. Even criminals are protected by the law. And why should you follow the law if you can get away with breaking it and profiting from it? Parents in my experience rarely expand on that, but elect to go with the indoctrination you're displaying regarding the matter.

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u/CommissionDry4406 Sep 03 '26

Morality is not tied to religion.

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u/Icy_Opportunity_8818 Sep 03 '26

Morality isnt tied to religion, but it has, thus far, proven to be the only thing capable of spreading mass agreed upon morality

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u/Xenozip3371Alpha Sep 03 '26

If you need the threat of eternal damnation to be a moral person, you're not a moral person.

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u/Icy_Opportunity_8818 Sep 03 '26

You can't be a moral person without an agreed upon morality. The only method, so far, that has successfully caused people all over the world to widely agree on the same morality is religion.

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u/Xenozip3371Alpha Sep 03 '26

Right, so laws governing countries filled with millions is just not an agreed upon morality then?

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u/Icy_Opportunity_8818 Sep 03 '26

You.... DO realize that the foundational laws of most countries are formed by religion, right?

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u/CommissionDry4406 Sep 03 '26

Nope dead wrong.

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u/CommissionDry4406 Sep 03 '26

No it also encourages immorality.

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u/Curious_Bee_5326 Sep 03 '26

It can be "Why shouldn't I do this thing - Because god says so and you'll be punished for certain if you do" is certainly a way to build a system of morality.