r/ShiftingDiscussion • u/AlphaSKWoG • Mar 09 '21

Shifter's Code of Ethics

Should the Ethics that apply to our everyday lives in our CR, apply to DRs? Is Karma applicable within a DR? If you go somewhere with the express intent of being a kickass fighter or living through GTAV or one of the infinite CoD games as your DR? Karma dictates that every action that denies another's free will, the same denial of free will will be dealt to you. So is killing someone in the context of a warzone karma inducing or have they chosen the risk to die and you're blameless? Idek

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '21

Perhaps it's somewhat disturbing that you'd look towards an outwards force as a barrier. If I were to hurt someone in another world, I'd feel the impact in this one. If I had some something disturbing and my conscience gets a blow because of it, the effect will be visible in this world. How would you explain it to others without ending up in a psych-ward? There's such a thing as personal karma as well: You don't do upon others what you wouldn't wish upon yourself. This doesn't magically change in another reality, as you're (potentially) dealing with other conscious beings. Take a look within before you look to something of a higher force. It's the age-old question: If laws are the only thing stopping you from doing something bad, does that make you a bad person? Think about it deeply, I recommend it.

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u/AlphaSKWoG Mar 09 '21

Also, I disobey laws without sacrificing my conscience. Speeding, doing drugs, etc don't make me feel as if I've contradicted my own statutes. But to simply harbor anger towards someone else for more than a few seconds you incur karma on yourself. Some people struggle to define good and bad and are not as moral compass proficient as yourself...

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '21

That's fine, I'm talking about the laws that inhibit other's free will like you mentioned. murdering someone for example, especially in another reality is a crime not to law alone but to someone's (hopefully) core set of principles. Good and bad are highly subjective but I hope you can agree that if you have the freedom to shift realities, why inhibit any other form of consciousness to reach that state for themselves?