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Originally posted by taxwonk
Morality is the basic human precept that each being is bound to do that which is good and to do no harm to others.
There. If Ty hasn't answered your question, I have. Okay?
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Again, that answer tells me what you think morality is but it does not answer why this precept is moral. This statement is a leap of faith. Just like John Stuart Mill's statement on morality is a leap of faith.
In addition, you have not defined good so the sentence really does not defined morality. In this sentence good and moral are really interchangeable so you are using the same term in its definition. That creates a nested loop. i.e. why is it good? Because it is moral. Whis it moral? Because it is good. Why is good. Because it is moral. etc. etc. etc.
