Communism..Good or bad?

But why is it immoral, in terms of this specific situation?

 

To an extent you have a moral obligation to give someone immediate medical attention if they require it. Morality doesn't stem from our evolutionary roots in natural selection; but rather from what society believes is right or wrong. An ethical relativist, for example would say that morality is defined by the society's tolerance for that action depending on where you are in the world. However an ethical egoist would say that a person is acting moral if they are acting in their own long-term best interests. It is true that death is a necessary evil, but at the same time, as you have brought up eliminating bad genes from the gene pool, I'm assuming you are talking about natural selection. Natural selection does not have a set of rules that states an animal cannot steal from another animal to better themselves. In fact, immoral or moral that would be promoted within the confines of natural selection. Either we are forces as a species to define our morality based off of something, or to revert to our evolutionary instincts; fundamentally survival of the fittest.

 

Umm, I'm going to go ahead and assume that you have vision problems.

The girl with cancer can't help the fact she has cancer. As such, she does deserve help from people who can give it (such as from the sound of things, yourself). In a communist society, that girl wouldn't be able to get as much help because some money would be wrapped up with that lazy janitor. Capitalism allows you to decide where your money goes.

 

Well, because most of you got it wrong... Communism is when the Government owns all property and owns it. If you didn't know, you CAN make a country if the land is yours (Provided that its not mortgaged or owned by anyone). So I would say that Communism is a neutral thing.

 

i didnt get anything wrong, i said that and also that there are no social classes.

gf

 

Cool, you understand. Not many people do, and keep on trying to claim that morality is objective.

And yes, I would agree with you to say that those who steal should not be part of society.

However, being in that position, it would be hard to rationalize not stealing when the life of somebody I knew was at stake.

 

i agree with shredder on this, if you know someone in your life is at stake, then i would try to do anything rational to get them the help they needed.

 

how do you assume i have a vision problem from my statement i made?

 

Uhh, no.Look underneath the area where I said you have vision problems. I quoted myself from the post you were trying to refute stating that if someone had a medical issue they deserved help from those who can afford it, and then encouraged you to spend time and money there rather than at the homeless shelter. In other words, you tried to refute my post with something I agreed with.

Let's try it again.

You asked me why I posted this when the reason was right underneath it. Will it work this time?

Fyi, I'm just kidding about the vision thing... if you're sensitive about your... uhh... eyes let me know. I only intend to offend people I dislike, and you're neutral.

 

hmmmz

im not sensitive about anything really,

just didnt understand why you said it..

now i do

sorry.

 

Oh, it's not a problem. I was just kidding about giving you a hard time.

Sythe and Shredders discussion is too... broad picture for me. If I can't talk for a page about the same bunch of random facts that I take out of context I don't stand a chance making a point. So, I just nitpick at your words instead.

EDIT: Thanks to tips from Ibraham Al (sp?), I have now gotten my PPD average up to 1! If only people thought that posts meant trustworthiness, and there was a need for Middlemen...

EDIT EDIT: Mods, please don't take that out of context and think I intend to scam... I was just kidding.

 

Under most systems... No. People work like animals and get food stamps and over gradual periods of time some grants. If you speak out against or criticize the government then they'll prosecute you.

 

Is that supposed to be funny?

 

communism would be perfect there is just one thing is wrong everyone is different

 

I did a huge paper on communism in my philosophy class. The bottom line is exactly as I am u ain't i stated the idea only seems to work on paper

 

idea and concept good, but it would never work, humans cannot as a whole work toward a common equal good, someone always wants more GREED is the seed of all evil,