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Originally Posted by Catlady
But I do have trouble understanding in my own head why an act is moral if done once or twice, but immoral if done "many" times, however "many" is defined.
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I think this is a variant on the
sorites paradox. When does a heap of sand stop being a heap of sand?
When does eating chocolates cross the line from eating to gluttony? Surely not after one chocolate. Two? Three? A box? Two boxes? Ten boxes?
Those who consider gluttony to be immoral would probably class eating ten boxes of chocolates in one sitting as gluttony and therefore immmoral. Few would consider eating one chocolate to be gluttony, and therefore is probably moral.
So. Eating a single chocolate is moral, but eating 10 boxes of chocolates is immoral.
Any help?