#moral code

[pratchettquotes]

"You haven't got the morals of a cat, Gytha Ogg."

"Now, Esme, you know that's not true."

"All right. You have got the morals of a cat, then."

"That's better."

Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies

#esme weatherwax #granny weatherwax #nanny ogg #lords and ladies #discworld #terry pratchett #witches #friends #old friends #cats #morals #moral code #backhanded compliments #standards #not true #morals of a cat

[the-visionary-collective]

Detailed personal moral code explanation post!!

(Will be frequently updated as i will inevitably have new things to add)

For those who dont want to read this whole thing but wanna know the basics, The basic mindset is i live and let live with anti non-consensual harm based moral rules

See below the cut for my personal understanding of and/or personal definition of the word harm, i like to include things like this because sometimes i use words and people dont understand what i mean

The rest of the post is under the cut

My moral code:

Informed consent is the #1 priority

free choice with some obvious exceptions

i believe that nothing is inherently bad or evil to do as long as you know the risks, and consent to it, and if it involves other beings they also have consented and are thoroughly informed on the subjects that could negatively affect them and they consent to it

forgiving and loving everyone who has done something bad in the past and is working on stopping their bad behaviours, regardless of their past bad behaviours (yes this includes unconsensual harm to others, i know it sounds contradictory, but people make mistakes, really bad ones sometimes, and i believe everyone can change for the better if they try hard enough and are willing to)

Adding onto the last point, nothing is bad enough to not be forgiven if the person is working on actively stopping their behaviour

Legalization for currently illegal marginalized communities (such as contact for maps and other illegal paraphilic attractions, and currently illegal things related to transitioning for transids) and things that i dont think should be illegal (such as drugs)

more of a set of global moral rules than laws the way they are right now, i dont like the current state of most laws and the legal system itself

Abloish the current state of jails/prisons in most places in favour of a more preventative and recovery care centered state like in certain countries

Most animals cant currently verbally consent to sex and consensually harmful actions as they dont curently understand and/or speak human languages, however they can express consent to things through physical cues (they will tell you if they dont like it, its a survival instinct, for example if my cat doesnt want to be held he will tell me by clawing at me and trying to get away)

Cringe culture and harrasment of people in general is horrible in so many ways and wouldnt be allowed in my ideal world (it will unfortunately always exist in this world because judgey uneducated people will always exist, especially with those who chose not to get treatment for their harmful behaviours)

Take accountability for your actions, especially if you’re trying to heal

Healing in any form should not be forced but it should still be heavily encouraged, this is because forced healing doesnt work for most people (especially a lot of neurodivergent people, as they often can only treat their harmful behaviours if they actively want to)

Beliefs fitting of some youthlib movements (minors can give informed consent, minors should be allowed to vote, etc)

Anything harmful inducing death should be legal as long as the death is consented to, people should be able to experience an end of life of any sort if they know the pros and cons of death itself

Desiring to be harmful or experience harmful things is not a thing that makes you inherently a bad person

Legalizing and normalizing full bodily autonomy, including things that cause any type of harm to oneself, if you know the risks and are okay with them then you should have freedom to do what you want to your body

Death as a whole is not something to be afraid of, factually it is the end of ones concious experience on this planet in this body, which is not something that is necessarily bad for a lot of people (especially those with untreatable physical and/or mental illness), and with my understanding of energy and souls being a form of energy, that to me means that an afterlife of some sort is a possibility

Money is a stupid concept and shouldnt be the norm (basically just communism but that word usually has negative connotations so idk)

And more not yet listed (will be added when they come to mind)

The exceptions (see 2nd point in the moral code):

things that cause any bodily/mental/other harm to others without consent (for example any unconsensual abuse,)

Anything not harmful done to someone else without their (informed) consent (for example, i think minors can give informed sexual consent, so by my morals i think MAPs should be able to have sexual contact) this is similar to the point above but for things i dont define as harmful

Doing things impulsively that may harm you in the future (basically, make sure you want to do the things you do)

My personal definition of the word harm for extra context (reminder that words are subjective when it comes to definitions because language is always changing and is also subjective):

Actions that cause physical/mental/spiritual/etc distress without informed consent (distress in the context of this is any symptoms/experiences you dont want to happen and dont consent to, for example if you dont want to be killed and dont consent to being killed than that is a distressing/harmful thing, but if you are ok on both ends of those circumstances them it should be ok and legal to choose to do)

This post doesnt mean my morals are objectively right since morals are a very person by person thing, they are what i believe is right, respect it or not its what i believe and im not changing my morals for anybody!!

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[thefoldedbird]

We haven't interacted before but I'm always lurking your posts 👀 you're a lovely author! I loveeee your work!

I just had a thought, now I know that Yautja code says they cannot kill unarmed humans/creatures, but, picture it, a mother picking up a pocket/buck knife holding her child near her and pointing it at the yautja after a run in with one or a group of them. Obviously, morally, she's just trying to protect her child, but as she does hold a weapon, would the code still be against the kill? Would it come down to whether or not mom charged at the yautja and deliberately attacked them? Or would it still be morally wrong as she has a scared child in her arms?

Just a random thought and you know much more than I do, what do you think?

Aww! Thank you! I’m so glad you enjoy my writing! ❤️💕❤️💕❤️ sorry I’m getting to my inbox so late.

Fun fact! This has actually happened in the movies. I’ll link a post here of a gif of the moment. A big thanks to @yautja-content for the post.

So yeah, canonically yautja will -at least usually- adhere to the moral code that “this is a mother protecting her child” and give them a chance to lower their weapon as they mean them no harm.

Even without this moment from the movies, this would have been about my opinion. To the yautja, childbirth is considered a chiva (a battle trial in which an unblooded yautja graduates to blooded if successful).

So clearly motherhood is a huge deal to yautja, enough that it’s at least treated as a reasonable caveat to their otherwise strict moral code.

#predator #yautja #ask #babebrynne #thank you! #I really need to answer my asks #they’ve been cute like this as of late #moral code #canon complicit answers #hooray #yautja society #yautja culture #fictional anthropology

[aspd-culture]

(2/?) can you elaborate on what you mean about behavioral issues with social/moral codes and authority? could you give broad/general/specific examples? im having difficulty conceptualizing it (aside from legal; the meaning is obvious and not something i personally have an issue with because im a coward and dont want to risk getting caught for things that arent like normie stuff like drugs or pirating stuff lmao) and i want a frame of reference for my own behavior. (sorry. for another question again)

Social code: Anything to do with being polite, basically social norms such as no lying, talking bad about someone, etc. If you were thought of as rude (or would have been if you were caught), you violated social code.

Moral code: cheating (spouses, partners, tests, homework, etc), taking advantage of people, manipulating people/situations, being “selfish” or “ruthless”, etc. If you’d be called an asshole for it, you violated moral code.

Authority: talking back, acting superior to people “in charge” (even when you genuinely are superior), doing things in a different way than you’re instructed to do them (even if it’s more efficient), going “behind their back” or “over their head”, not following chain of command, pointing out the mistakes of those “in charge” (especially publicly, they hate that!), ignoring verbal rules because they “aren’t enforceable because they aren’t written rules”, etc. If you’d be called insubordinate for it, you violated rules of authority.

No need to apologize, I am game for questions!

#actually antisocial #actually aspd #antisocial personality disorder #aspd #aspd awareness #aspd culture #aspd-culture-is #aspd traits #social norms #social conduct #conduct disorder #oppositional defiant disorder #oppositional defiance disorder #authority #morals #moral code #social code #anons welcome

[jwfen-life]

Why had she always felt that joyous sense of confidence when looking at machines?—she thought. In these giant shapes, two aspects pertaining to the inhuman were radiantly absent: the causeless and the purposeless. Every part of the motors was an embodied answer to ‘Why?’ and ‘What for?’—like the steps of a life-course chosen by the sort of mind she worshipped. The motors were a moral code cast in steel.

Dagny Taggart in Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

#atlas shrugged #ayn rand #dagny taggart #machines #moral code #quote

[girl4music]

DOC HOLIDAY: “You had no right!”

WYNONNA: “I did what was right!”

DOC HOLIDAY: “Right would’ve been shooting that thing and us running for it!”

WYNONNA: “He wasn't always a thing, Doc. And if I'm gonna keep killing them and not go crazy, then I need more than revenge!”

DOC HOLIDAY: “God damn it, Wynonna, they’re bad people!”

WYNONNA: “So I’m just supposed to ignore that they’re people at all?”

Why is it always the heroes that are tortured by their past rather than their identity that have compassion for the “evil” they’re destined to kill? That think to and hesitate to use their weapon before they do it because they recognize that they’re looking into the eyes of a demonic thing who once was a someone. A person.

This is one thing I do not like about Buffy.

I know it’s her destiny as the Chosen One but she never stops to ask, to question, whether slaying every single vampire or killing every demon is necessary.

Or even whether they’re all demonically possessed.

The Watcher’s Council instilled this dogmatic ideology in her that when she comes across a grey area, she stakes first and asks questions later. It’s not healthy.

In Season 5 she even worries that she’s turning to stone because of what she has to do. That’s the only time she questions whether doing what she does affects or changes her for the worst. But they don’t go far enough with that storyline as far as I’m concerned.

And I’ve noticed that maybe it’s because she doesn’t understand what it feels like to have done those things that she condemns those vampires and demons for.

The Charmed sisters are the same way for the most part. They’ll try to ignore the grey area there until it bites them in the butt. Only Xena and clearly this Wynnona Earp girl really feel consumed by their actions. By their apparent “responsibilities” in taking out every single antagonist that may not even be evil - or aren’t anymore. Just like them. They’ve changed.

This is why Buffy and even the Halliwell sisters feel like hollow shells to me most of the time. Because they don’t truly recognize just how empty they really are inside to not feel anything when they kill or injure.

Yes, it’s because the lore of the show makes it a black vs white conflict. There’s not supposed to be any grey.

But I say the shows are much more compelling when not all evil is always evil and not all good is always good. Things get much more interesting this way. And that’s why Faith, Willow, Anya and Spike are great characters that know what it’s like to be both on the side of good and evil. Are both black and white and don’t have some condition that separates the shadow and light to a coin from being only ever the one coin.

One cannot be without the other.

That is the nature of yin-yang.

It is the nature of everything.

And characters that fundamentally understand this because they’ve been there - tasted the duality - are the only ones that will offer any real compassion to every living or unliving thing that has consciousness.

If your moral code is above compassion for consciousness - can you really call yourself a hero?

And so it’s funny that the ones that never do, are the ones that actually do the most heroic thing of all.

Which is to always have compassion even when they have the most tortured soul and the darkest past.

You can kill and injure your natural enemy. But if you have no understanding of them, you’re not justified.

This is distinguished in Buffy specifically by whether the natural enemy possesses a soul or doesn’t. Not by whether their behaviour in the moment is good/evil regardless of whether they are ensouled or soulless.

Which is then further based on a poorly educated and flawed understanding of that specific natural enemy.

They treat every single vampire or demon the same because to not do so would impact their moral code.

And they would have to question their own actions.

Excuse me - the actions of their ‘chosen’ draftees.

Dogmatic ideologies are never a good thing to go by. And the story of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ should be deconstructing them, not reinforcing them even more.

Buffy should have had a significant storyline or arc where she had to question and consider whether she was a murderer. Whether her and Faith were different. But instead what happens is Faith chooses of her own volition to turn herself in and Buffy remains absolved. And then when Faith finally comes back into the fold, she’s judged something awful for just going by her gut instincts rather than some nonexistent rule of law when that rule of law was never there for her anyway. An ensouled human that just needed understanding and a place to truly belong that didn’t condemn her. Of course the entity that would get through to her would be someone that personally chooses to feel responsible for his own evil actions even when they’re not something he should have to be responsible for if he is not the same entity as the one that committed them. Not anymore. That whole scene only hits as hard as it does because he refuses to play the “hero”. Buffy wouldn’t have even been able to make a dent in Faith’s armor because she doesn’t feel the anguish - the personal pain of being your own worst enemy and the need to cover the vulnerability of it with a weapon because humans only ever play the brute when all they’ve ever known themselves is that same brutality. I know hurt people hurt people. And I will stand by it.

Well, you know what? Least she’s been on both sides. This gave her more insight into the human condition than Buffy ever had. She was a hero because she chose to be one. Season 7 at least acknowledges this. With Spike, Faith, Willow and Anya. People change when you understand them as a person over a thing. And if they still continue to act a monster - oh well. It’s not as simple as black vs white or good vs evil or peace vs war. This is why I love Xena so fucking much.

I know the rules or laws of the lore are not the same because Xena isn’t a supernatural show for the most part. But even so - they’re not afraid to explore it. And it’s because the whole thing revolves around a main protagonist that is not a Chosen One or Champion. Just an ex-warlord that still struggles to be better than what she was. That rises and falls and faces the repercussions of both over and over again. Always. Buffy isn’t in the same situation so a lot is different. But there’s no shame in showing that maybe she gets it wrong every now and again and feels bad for it. So many of her friends fall from grace. You’d think that her instilled ideology would fall to pieces from that. That she’d realize that any entity with consciousness should have the chance to prove they’re not just a monster. That they possess some sense of morality. But she only ever affords that to those that she has personal bonds and attachments with. It’s her greatest flaw that makes her more interesting as a character but at the same time so empty as a person. It’s why I pay more attention to her “sidekick” instead. Because she’s a little more wavy even before the turn. And I’m always talking about it in affection not hatred. In admiration for how complex and morally grey she is. Because she really does go from one end to the other and she’s allowed to be treated as worthy of Buffy’s validation regardless. As her best friend and enemy. It is extremely profound that she is allowed to be both.

It’s so much better to have that in art/entertainment because you really get a story that way. And a story is what I want from a character. Not a perfect hero. Sure Buffy has her flaws and makes her mistakes and that’s great. But they just don’t go deep enough with them so I get a very one-dimensional picture of who she is even though she obviously has more layers or more dimensions to her than the narrative lets you see ‘cause “she’s a hero you see, she’s not like you or me.” But she’s a very surface-level hero because she can’t ever be the villain. Thus, she never understands one unless they are either her friend, human or ensouled. She never experiences the other side of the coin herself and that’s why she never questions herself and the degree to how far she goes in being the Slayer. Whereas with Xena and with Wynonna Earp, the whole point is that they’ve come from the other side first and thus, they don’t see two ends. One good, one evil They see a spectrum. A fluctuation. A balance. And then you’ve got me - a viewer - who only does too.

“It’s wisdom before weapons, Gabrielle.” 👍❤️

#wynonna earp #melanie scrofano #doc holiday #tim rozon #diggin up bones #buffy the vampire slayer #xena warrior princess #charmed #moral code #how do you know what a monster knows or understands or feels if you’ve never been one yourself?

[mapleleavesart]

I have a genuine ethics question that I don't have the ability/experience/knowledge to answer properly

If someone had a spouse who is dead, would it be wrong if a few years later {person} starts pursuing another relationship?

Not an irl situation dw, just stuff buzzing around my head

#ethics #ethicaldilemma #morals #moral code #moral compass #< mines broken

[milkchocolatenhoney]

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[genderdoe-sly]

feel like there should be a word for when you know things not necessarily because you're intrested in things, but because your strict moral code like... orders you to know it?

Like sure, I know tons of stuff about nuerodivergency because I'm autistic and nuerodivergencies often overlap. But it's more than that. One of the founding priciples of my moral code is treat others how you want to be treated, to an extreme. I have to know about areas where people often misstep, and when I was younger I felt like I had broken my moral code if I made a slight mistake. Because I sometimes struggle with social cues, sometimes I can't tell if I have said something offensive (where others would be able to tell), and people don't want to seem too 'sensitive'. Even if I say to tell me if I say something wrong, I often won't get feedback or will be hated for an honest mistake I have no idea I made.

To fight against these misunderstandings, I try to be as knowlegable about any given minority's perfered terminolgies and guiding beliefs/facts. ex. what's tecnically not a slur but you still shouldn't say it, or like how dissociative Alters aren't evil. I have developed interests in many of these things, but it started as a necessity.

add suggestions for naming it in the tags or comments?

(This is not to say I know everything!!! Especially about groups I am not apart of!!!!! Also: This is not just for autistics! I am tagging autism because I myself am autistic.)

#autistic #autism #posts by sly #strong moral code #moral code #moral compass #moral conscience #nuerodivergent #nuerodiversity #text post #long post

[pratchettquotes]

"I think I know you, Teatime," she said, as sweetly as she could for Banjo's sake. "You're the mad kid they're all scared of, right? [...] The giggly excitable one even the bullies never touched because if they did he went insane and kicked and bit," said Susan. "The kid who didn't know the difference between chucking a stone at a cat and setting it on fire."

To her delight he glared at her.

"Shut up," he said.

"I bet no one wanted to play with you," said Susan. "Not the kid with no friends. Kids know about a mind like yours even if they don't know the right words for it--"

Terry Pratchett, Hogfather *

*special request from @mimble-sparklepudding !

#susan sto helit #teatime #banjo lilywhite #hogfather #discworld #terry pratchett #childhood #kids #psychology #bullies #playtime #intuition #moral code #amorality #the kids know #the right words #quote request

[sweetiebriar]

Don't look surprised or dismayed, this is a rant. I'm going to be deliberately mean, accusatory, and probably a little injuring too. Minors and sensitive people out, I guess? Anyway, I expect nothing from this post except to put my exasperation into words, let alone ❤️s unless perhaps you share my opinion. No comments allowed either unless you follow me so if you have something to say to me after that, there’re always reblogs (which I leave open) and asks (any insults or abusive language will be deleted immediately and the person blocked, of course). You have been warned.

So, a minute ago, Tumblr addict that I am, I was scrolling through posts looking for new blogs to follow when I came across a reblog comment from a user who was offended by a ship and its fans (no idea what fandom that was) because the characters included a minor and an adult.

Aaaand the writer in me just snapped and rose up. Still, it wouldn't have had to end in a rant, I could have just brooded in my corner as usual... if only the response that followed this reblog hadn’t made my hair stand on end just as much. And so, my legendary patience reached its limits. I'm not trying to make a fuss, but as a confirmed author, avid reader, and occasional shipper, I simply can't understand WHY people are always trying to apply the moral codes of today's society to works of fiction! Forgive me but it's crazy!

IT'S A FUCKING WORK OF FICTION, IT'S NOT REAL, I DON'T HAVE TO FEEL ASHAMED TO WRITE ABOUT WHAT I WANT!

There is such a desire for revolt these days, that others are desperate to create chaos wherever they can.

'Oh, this book must be banned because it contains racist remarks within; It doesn't matter that it was written at a time when these sort of remarks did not reflect the same offence as today and that it is a great classic!'

'Oh, this horror book certainly is outrageous since it depicts a serial killer who abuses his daughter; It doesn't matter that this man is a psychopath and therefore this is the behaviour one can expect from such a character!'

And when a fanfiction writer gets lynched online because she wrote in vampiric fandom where the main couple are brother and sister… They are bloody vampires! In the vampiric genre, incest is not considered an issue!

What the bloody, fucking hell! What do you not you understand in 'work of FICTION'!?

The fictional does not encourage reality or imitation, the fictional is here to make you dream, travel, and escape into an imaginary universe where the world as you know it would no longer exist. Authors shouldn't have to restrict themselves for fear of 'what will people say'. Writers shouldn't have to censor themselves because brainless idiots will take offence and trolls will just want to screw things up wherever they go. Inspiration is such a precious feeling that one should not put chains on the few souls who possess it. I'm tired of reading comments similar to this reblog, I'm tired of seeing passionate authors feeling their work being reduced to nothing because wimp people don't understand anything about freedom of writing! We defend freedom of expression, but we oppress authors about what they’re writing. This is absolute madness!

However, I really, sincerely understand that people can feel outraged or uncomfortable with certain subjects, but in this case, then go on your way. Nothing obliges you to read this story which could fascinate many others.

And I say the same thing about fans a bit too radical who destroy the canon of a story to just impose their own ideas and ships! This. is. not. normal! Of course, you can create your own world within a fandom (that's what fanfictions are all about), but you don't have to impose it on those who don't share your views, or even on the authors themselves. In the same way, one mustn’t blame others for liking something that they dislike themselves.

Yet, banning books for this or that a reason, bringing authors down for this and that thing; there is nothing modern about it! Nothing revolutionary about it! And there is absolutely nothing justified about it!

So leave works of fiction in peace! Unless it physically hurts others or morally/psychologically hurts an actual person/community, it’s perfectly legitimate! That I choose in my fictional story to address incest, abuse, paedophilia, murder, unbridled sexuality, cannibalism, suicide, mutilation, religious truths, profanity, or disease-type mental disorders etc, it's my right! And in particular, if these subjects concern fictional characters to whom moral human codes do not apply and do not have to be applied.

#personal rant #warning #sensitive subjects addressed here #read with caution #writer rants #writer #writing #books #fanfiction #fanfics #controversy #tabboo #authors’ rights #fiction #fictional story #banning books #bullying writers #reading #readers #moral code #modern society #fictional characters #authors #work of fiction #proship #proshipper #anti anti #anti censorship #anti culture

[mymusic-is-too-loud]

#their absolutely fucked moral code is absolutely one of the best parts of the show #dimension 20 #fantasy high #fhjy #fhjy spoilers

[gentlemenstandard]

Living Your Best Life - Self-acceptance

Years ago, an individual thought it was proper to mock my lifestyle because I don’t drink alcohol, I don’t smoke, and I don’t really attend large social gatherings often. I am somewhat of an introvert, and I would rather enjoy my own company along with a select few friends and family. My assumption is my lifestyle would be classified as “square”. I was being harshly judged and roundly ridiculed.…

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#Confidence #Happiness #Inspiration #Integrity #Moral Code #Motivation #Self-acceptance #Self-care #Self-esteem #Self-worth

[joncronshawauthor]

How to Use Assassin Fantasy as Self-Help Books: A Morbid Guide to Personal Development

Who needs self-help gurus peddling the power of positive thinking when you’ve got cloaked figures traipsing through the night, dispatching enemies with a flick of the wrist? Ah, yes—assassin fantasy novels, those gripping tomes of life-and-death scenarios and moral ambiguity, offer more than just a good read. Believe it or not, they’re also stellar self-help manuals. Allow me to guide you…

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#Antihero #assassin fantasy #dark humour #Emotional Detachment #Ethical Guidelines #life lessons #Moral Code #Personal Development #Redefining Success #Rest and Recuperation #Ruthless Efficiency #Self-Help #Strategic Planning #Unconventional Wisdom #Work-Life Balance

[hate5sixofficial]

Moral Code 2023-06-14 PhilaMOCA Philadelphia, PA

#Moral Code #PhilaMOCA #hate5six

[hyperlexichypatia]

Empathy

 Empathy is great, but it's a poor substitute for a moral code. If your moral code only extends as far as people you can empathize with, it's probably leaving out a lot of people you've unconsciously learned not to think of as people.

#empathy #moral code #moral compass #ableism