For example, in The Shield, the cop character Shane is super racist and says the N-word, but when a Black girl is killed, Shane gets really mad and wants to find and kill the killer or bring him to justice. Some CEOs who are straight-up classist would still help their employees, and if their employee dies, they would start funds for their kids. But why? Why would people like this do something ‘good,’ especially when there isn’t anything in it for them?

  • freagle@lemmy.ml
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    3 days ago

    Morality does not CAUSE anything. No one does things because they are “good”. People are “good” because of the things they do.

    Morality is a DESCRIPTION of something, not an EXPLANATION.

    People DO things. WE assign labels to the things they do and to the persons themselves.