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@mapto@qoto.org
2026-03-23 04:09:13

“Vertical morality teaches that authority, power and a moral code of right and wrong, or acceptable and unacceptable, come from ‘above’ ― an external superior who designates rules, systems and tenets that must be obeyed by those beneath,” said Tia Levings, a former Christian fundamentalist and author of “A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy.”
In the context of religion, the superior is God. In politics, it might be an authoritarian dictator. In a cult, it would be t…

@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza
2026-01-27 11:46:21

Should governments have the right to force people to stay alive, even though no one consents to being born?
#Morality #MoralArgument #Argument