Message from @fannybandit
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Wouldn't morals be different on a person by person basis?
Not by person to person, but by situation to situation.
Hence why we have due process and trial by jury.
Morals are still a spook
It's not like your opinion holds any weight.
My opinion is the only relevant one as this is my world
You're all alone in your world.
My world has over 7 billion people.
How's that for a jury?
Those people are all mine
They can think by themselves
In my perception they are mine
Luckily your personal perception is irrelevant to reality.
Reality is a spook also
Everything is a spook to you.
True
In reality, you are the spook.
I own myself
So nah
I can be changed though
Everyone can be.
I am myself because i work in my own self-interest
What if you don't know what's in your own interests?
Long term i possibly don't know
I know you don't.
Which means you don't own yourself.
But short term, my actions will benefit myself in some way
If you don't know what benefits you, your actions are more likely to hinder you.
Then i can change my self-interest to adapt to the situation
If your interests change, then you never improve or own yourself.
You would sooner shift the goalposts than learn to score goals.
Even if you shift the goal, it's no guarantee that you'll ever score.
If it works in favor of what i currently believe in it helps
What do you believe?
Someone who doesn't know their own interests has no beliefs.
In reality, your beliefs are the governing dynamic of your interests.
I believe in bettering myself
Morality is to ethics as beliefs are to interests.
You don't know how to better yourself.