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[โ€“] Flax_vert@feddit.uk -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What if someone is a pyromaniac and letting them set fires to people's houses improves their wellbeing?

[โ€“] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That destroys someone's shelter and potentially injures or kills them. Not to mention the mental grief losing your home causes people. That is not good for their well-being.

(Edit): Also, I'm not even saying it's a good moral system. In fact I don't think it's possible to have an objective moral standard that isn't majorly flawed or incomplete.

I'm saying definitionally we can measure morality objectively, not that it's a good idea.