Situational Morals

You and I have morals. We have a moral compass. Everybody has morals.

As Allyson likes to say, “My morals haven’t changed.” She is the same person today as she was last year. Morals are consistent.

According to Denise Prager, “Thou shalt not murder.” This was mis-translated to “Thou shalt not kill” much later.

I have no problems with “Thou shalt not murder” being a part of my moral code. “Thou shalt not kill” is not a part of my moral code.

I eat meat, this means that an animal was killed by me or for me. I have no issues looking evil in the face and deciding that my life is worth more than his life.

I do not believe I would ever commit murder.

“Thou shalt not steal” is another one. For me, this has turned out to be situational. Have I taken things that do not belong to me? Yes. That’s stealing.

Did I have good cause to do so? At the time I thought I did.

Regardless, not stealing is part of my moral code. I strive to maintain my moral code. Not for the love of God above or the fear of hell below, it is because I believe my moral code is the right thing to do.

I was taught my moral code by my parents and the environment which I grew up in.

When I was at University, we used to play poker. One of the players was very lucky. Not good play, but too many good cards. So I learned how to manipulate cards. Yes, he was cheating. I caught him out. Once I did, the game was played more fairly.

But that ability to manipulate cards fascinated me. I did a lot of practice and was ok at it. Not good. I knew enough to be a little dangerous.

At one of the local bars, I was playing with a deck of cards, it was a bar where you could request many sorts of games, such as Acey-Deucey.

The waitress was interested, so I bet her, cut for high card. If you cut high, I’ll pay double, if I cut high, I get the drink for free.

Four rounds and I won each round. With the ace of spades if I needed high and the 2 of diamonds if I needed to go low. That deck was cold

This was cheating. It was stealing. It was and is against my morals. When I left, I left a tip to cover the cost of my drinks plus another 50%. She didn’t get the double she was hoping for, but she didn’t lose money either.

Note, at the time the standard tip on a $2 drink was $0.25. She got $12 for my 4 drinks, not the $9 if she had not played.

This is morals in action.

The left has a set of morals that appears to be very situational.

J6 is a riot, an insurrection, an armed coup attempt. People running around burning cities is a protest.

They approve of the people doing the burning; thus the situation says that it is a moral protest. They disapprove of the right gathering to protest, that means it is an evil insurrection.

Judge Dugan is an example of that. Their moral compass has spun because they approve of what she did. Because they approved of what she did, the arrest warrant was “fake”, all she did was misdirect the agents, people exit through that door all the time.

Their moral compass shifts depending on “who”. Their moral compass shifts depending on the “intentions” of the person acting.