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Comment author: Daniel_Burfoot 16 May 2016 07:06:15PM *  1 point [-]

One very important question a moral system has to answer is: how do you deal with people who won't adopt the moral system? Here are three basic answers:

  • Indifference - leave people who don't adopt the system alone. Let them do their own thing.
  • Compulsion - require people to adopt the moral system, using varying degrees of coercive power (social shaming, jail, financial penalties, etc)
  • Fences - build a fence, allow people who follow the system inside, and exclude everyone else.

Are there others? Which one of these options seems the best to you?

Comment author: MrMind 17 May 2016 09:24:49AM 0 points [-]

Are there others?

Yes, e.g.:

  • submit and cooperate - this is one of the staple of Christianity in its concept of martyrdom, also hinted in the Sermon of the Mount, when Jesus talked about turning the other cheek;

  • submit but do not cooperate - for example in the doctrine of non-violence.

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