Sure.

In my ethics class i don't quite remember what was the exact argument but essentially my professor was saying that it is okay for public officials to do what ever they wanted in their private time as long as it doesn't affect their public duties. Eventually we got to talking about presidents & other elected officials. He was saying that it doesn't matter if they cheat on their wives or engage in other immoral activities as long as they perform their duties it shouldn't matter. I didn't really agree with him and essentially i was arguing that no, it is important what they do outside of their job because people voted for the image they portrayed and it would essentially amount to lying to the voter. My other point was if the public official is willing to lie, cheat, steal in his personal life then it's pure stupidity to think that it wouldn't translate into his work.

I don't recall the exact discussion because this was like 5 years ago but eventually we got to a point where i said that no it is categorically important what people do outside of their jobs when it comes to ethics (an absolutist perspective that's contrary to the relativistic shit he was peddling) . I knew he had children and asked him do you think it would be appropriate if your kids teacher went home and watched kiddie porn but it didn't interfere with the job, would that be appropriate? At that point he ended class and made us write a essay about how we feel about the class.

This professor used to refer to God as "she" and other disrespectful terms. We butted heads a lot but this was the most memorable encounter.

That seems like a weird stance to take, probably a lot of skeletons in her closet. While I agree that poor moral character doesn't necessarily affect your ability to do your job in many cases, people would have to be stupid to blindly trust you to do the right thing when no one is looking.

It's the logical conclusion to moral relativism. If i had to summarize the class in one sentence it would be that everything & anything is permissible under the right circumstances. Something that is diametrically opposed to theism which is absolutist.

It's a shame there aren't more than 2 parties in the US (as in more than two with a serious chance). It's almost like there's 2 or 3 parties in one and it would make more sense if they split up. Obviously that's not productive under the current electoral system, but I imagine it would be interesting for americans to have more specific party options to vote for, and know that you're vote isn't going to christian conservatives if you're a progressive libertarian or vice versa.

I'd do the right thing regardless.

I never attacked him or his argument.... I just said he sounded confused.

Good Pic though!

ITT: Trump cultists support my argument.[/QUOTE]

I say you sound confused - you immediately assume my political affiliation and call me a cultist.

Sounds good! Those boners must still confuse you.

Yeah, that's kinda the problem..

This post was edited by Knaapie on Jul 11 2017 10:55am

How does less people going to college move the country forward? You think the most advanced countries in the world aren't educating the shit out of their populace?



I mostly agree with you, pretty much any philosophy or sociology course I took, you could definitely tell the professor was an atheist or a liberal, but that sort of comes with the territory. Most philosophers aren't religious and most sociologists aren't conservative. Sociologists see that the government has held certain groups back and favor using the government to help those groups move forward. It's not a good reason to believe that colleges/universities have a mostly negative impact on the nation.

Funny how such an accurate post comes from someone like you.

The government is indeed at fault. They should not be underwriting student loans. Instead, they should be subsidizing college entirely, the way it is done in 1st world countries.

Making education a profitable business is step one where the USA went the wrong way. Education is an investment in the future, by the government and by the people.