--"I am saying it is wrong to hurt anyone, including yourself. It's not a question of who decides, its a question of right and wrong"
But why is it wrong? In your opinion, fine, but why? I don't accept answers like "because that's how I feel". I may have been joking about the bondage thing earlier, but I think the simple fact that there something like a BSDM scene shows that different people enjoy different things, and that various levels of pain or humilitation can be enjoyed by some people.
"Causing hurt' is also quite vauge. Does spanking count? Even when it'd teach the kid not to do something that's more harmful, even if it doesn't involve hurting? How about when the spankee is enjoying it?
I just have problems seeing how any truly consentual activity can be considered morally wrong. Stupid, yes. Immature, sure. Pointless, yup. But not morally wrong.
Wraith
Possessor of a mind not merely twisted but actually sprained
But why is it wrong? In your opinion, fine, but why? I don't accept answers like "because that's how I feel". I may have been joking about the bondage thing earlier, but I think the simple fact that there something like a BSDM scene shows that different people enjoy different things, and that various levels of pain or humilitation can be enjoyed by some people.
"Causing hurt' is also quite vauge. Does spanking count? Even when it'd teach the kid not to do something that's more harmful, even if it doesn't involve hurting? How about when the spankee is enjoying it?
I just have problems seeing how any truly consentual activity can be considered morally wrong. Stupid, yes. Immature, sure. Pointless, yup. But not morally wrong.
Wraith
Possessor of a mind not merely twisted but actually sprained
, immorality is not. And immorality is defined by universal desires - desires we all share. Ignoring outside factors - extenuating circumstances - everyone agrees that certain acts like murder are immoral, even would-be murderers desire not to be murdered. This universality is the key to understanding what is or is not immoral. And offering the argument that self-harm is immoral ignores this universality since we all willfully harm ourselves for a variety of reasons.
. However, saying that X is a bad thing and saying that you want people forced to stop doing X is completely different. A lot of people don't seem to understand this difference very well, for example a lot of libertarians seem to have a hard time understanding that I don't like capitalism but I don't want it forcibly dismantled.
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