2011-02-04, 05:44 PM
Sarah Wrote:Common sense is that someone's belonging doesn't go in your pocket just because you picked it up. Common sense would be helping someone if you have the chance. How does anything you've said fall under common sense, exactly? You live by selfishness and refuse to admit it and actually keep attempting to justify it which is just gross. Like I said before, at least Spidey doesn't pretend s/he is doing something s/he is not. Regardless of morals, ethics or 'common sense', s/he straight up takes responsibility for her/his choice.
And in regards to morals and ethics you repeated what I said and then threw them out the window as if it's not important. They're not beliefs, they're guidelines to being a good person, as ruled by COMMON SENSE.
No. I've stated many times, and I will state once again, that the problem is money. I don't keep items, just money. I go out of my way to return any item to its owner whenever possible. ''You live by selfishness'' - I can be selfish irl, but that assuming WAY too much.
And regarding morals and ethics:
First of all, Ethics is a branch inside morality, so let's just discuss morality. As opposed to common sense, morality is a set of beliefs that include the definition of what is right, what is wrong, what does that society in particular acknowledge as justice, ''sin'', etc., while common sense equates to the knowledge and experience which most people already have, or which that particular person believes that they do or should have.
It's pretty clear in the definition of common sense just straight out of Wikipedia:
Wikipedia Wrote:Common sense, based on a strict construction of the term, consists of what people in common would agree on : that which they "sense" as their common natural understanding. Some people use the phrase to refer to beliefs or propositions that — in their opinion — most people would consider prudent and of sound judgment, without reliance on esoteric knowledge or study or research, but based upon what they see as knowledge held by people "in common".
Hell, morality is a way broader term that involves that particular person accepting that the previous concepts I mentioned are the ''right thing'' for the group he's living in.