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Originally Posted by Catlady
I said already that I don't go by raw numbers for the chocolate. My criterion was effect on the eater's health. That's why eating/gluttony fails as a analogy.
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Hmm.. OK, so someone's eating affects their health such that on average they will live one hour less than another person who eats more healthily. Is that gluttony?
How about if the difference in life expectancy a day? A month? A year? five years? Thirty Years?
There is a continuum here too.
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Originally Posted by Catlady
I am not necessarily arguing that quantity doesn't matter, I'm playing devil's advocate. But why should quantity matter in terms of morality?
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Quantity doesn't matter for some acts. Murder is wrong whether you do it just once or hundreds of times.
Other acts are moral or immoral depending on permission. Having sex isn't immoral, unless it's without permission.
And for some acts, quantity plays a role in morality, and sometimes even in legality.
And I'm done.