Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Moral Definition

I'm working on defining my moral views.  To my knowledge, this is under what conditions I deem an action taken to be good or bad.  As an example, this is more or less my definition of whether or not an action brings good or bad karma.  This will start really rough, and I hope to discuss with some people to refine it.

Long story short, it's equivalent exchange.  From the perspective of those affected by the action being taken, if the action results in neither a net gain or loss in resources (at the cost expended by the action), then the action is neutral.  If the cost of the action outweighs the gain in resources for the affected people, it's a bad exchange, and vice versa.

Here is the list of things related to this:

  1. The ultimate resource is life.
  2. This only pertains to intentional actions at the moment.  I haven't defined unintentional actions yet
  3. The conversion rate between resources, for the intent of judging the action, is from the perspective of the people affected
    1. There is a point where the conversion rate gets ridiculous, and I haven't accounted for this entirely.  But it will have to be taken into account.
  4. Time and money are the most common resources

This is what I have now.  As I think more on this and receive feedback from others, I'll refine it.

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