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betaray t1_ivay5qk wrote

Reply to comment by eliyah23rd in Michael Shermer argues that science can determine many of our moral values. Morality is aimed at protecting certain human desires, like avoidance of harm (e.g. torture, slavery). Science helps us determine what these desires are and how to best achieve them. by Ma3Ke4Li3

>"If it is right for you, it is right for everybody".

If it is right for the surgeon to cut a person open, it is right for everyone to cut a person open.

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thecelcollector t1_ivbkfog wrote

It is right for me to bathe my child. It is not right for you to bathe my child.

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WibbleTeeFlibbet t1_ivbzg6t wrote

I don't think that's the way to interpret the claim. Rather, if it's right for the surgeon to operate on a person, it's right for everyone for that surgeon to operate. That is, everyone benefits (however indirectly) from a right action being taken from someone.

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EddieMuntz t1_ivcz3hc wrote

I'd rather not get brain surgery from a dental surgeon.

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plssirnomore t1_ive2lrx wrote

Hey I can’t be operated on because the surgeon is operating on other people

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