Could you explain your moral philosophy?  

What annoys you about the world and society for instance?

a) What do you find morally offensive?
b) What agitates you about other people in general?

Also how much doubt or certainty do you attach to them?

Interesting question.

I wish to go through life wherever possible avoiding harm by action or inaction; never wasting an opportunity to improve the conditions of others or the environment.

a) What do you find morally offensive?
Any deliberate or careless harm, physical or pychological; lack of basic respect
b) What agitates you about other people in general?
Moral expediency

Doubt/certainty?
I am human so I will fail but will forgive myself and others whenever possible

I've always thought that most of morality can be summed up by the phrase "maximise interpersonal choice".

e.g: A person who bullies someone into doing something they didn't want to is taking away that persons options, thus bullying is immoral. On the other end, a person who feels they have to self-sacrafice for the benefit of others, and does not try to get past this mindset is also immoral by this modal, as they are deliberately limiting their own choices.

It makes for plenty of grey areas, but then, which system doesn't?

Aside from all the obvious ones (murder, sexual assualt, etc, etc), there's deliberate deception, intimidation, irrational insults & groupism...

* Pathological small talk (when people insist on talking about insignifigant things, and demand you pay attention to them. Also when people go out of their way to make sure a conversation remains on topics that no-one could possibly have a difference of opinion about)

* Emotional pleas in logical debates.

* People pointing out obvious things repeatedly.

* Conversational inefficiency (e.g. business meetings when they spend several hours convincing people that everything's okay, then spending only ten minutes or so dealing with actual issues. Also when people talk for long periods of time about how stressed they are in order to point out how something could be done differently).

I consider myself an Eudaemonist Christian. That which encourages flourishing can be relied upon to be moral, and I believe the way Jesus lived His life demonstrated the best example.

For instance? I wouldn't include that which annoys me anywhere in my moral philosophy.  However, if I had to say what annoys me in relation to my moral philosophy I would say:

It annoys me when people prefer short term superficial rewards to long term growth and character building. Not enough people care about doing what's right because they don't seem to realize that 'feel good' in the moment doesn't equal 'flourishing'.

I don't like it when people hurt each other in anyway, but I'm most offended when people lie. Truth and honesty is very important to me and when someone misrepresents themselves or others or me I feel like reality has been violated and to reinstate trust afterwards is very difficult.  Sometimes I can handle it without offense if I know the person is ill (I once had a pathological liar as a friend... oy) because then I know to expect it and not believe a word that person says... but when someone is respected and looked up to and they intentionally lie, it just galls me.  

This explains why I both can't stand politicians but why they don't offend me anymore - I expect them to lie...

Nothing 'in general' agitates me about other people... that I can think of anyway. I generally genuinely like most people; even the quirky ones. (actually, especially the quirky ones)

I attach a lot of certainty to the general principle of my moral philosophy - but there are always new specific circumstances that can bring me doubt as to how to walk it out.  Usually that's overcome by faith that if I do my best and focus on loving others, grace and mercy will cover it.

Deception, intentional hurtfulness, pettiness, pretty much anything that result from a people failing to respect themselves or others.

Hard to consider people in general.  Some people wear me out and others do not.  If you mean in a crowd-type situation, like a big reception, then I tire of having the same conversation over and over. The speed with which speakers change and general hubbub is not pleasant.  It often seems that the jollity is forced, but I think that I am projecting with that one.

Much certainty attached to (a), not much to (b) since it didn't really make sense to me.

a.) Murder, Rape, Child Abuse

b.) Oh I like people, if they do as I say.

I try to 'do as I would be done by' & try to help where ever I see that there is a need.
Always admit when I am in the wrong & say I'm sorry.

Any wickedness, evil, deliberate badness,cruelty & lies.

Other people telling what to do, as opposed to making a suggestion.
People not believing me when I tell the truth.
People thinking that I am snobbish, because, I cannot go to their party or other function.
The rampant bullying in society in general.

How weird to couple those two questions. It's like "What is the meaning of life, and what color socks do you like best?"

As far as a moral philosophy, I like the Unitarian Universalist principles. I'm not saying i'm great at practicing them, but it would be a wonderful world if we all did:

There are seven principles which Unitarian Universalist congregations affirm and promote:

    * The inherent worth and dignity of every person;

    * Justice, equity and compassion in human relations;

    * Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations;

    * A free and responsible search for truth and meaning;

    * The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large;

    * The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all;

    * Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.

I think first I adopted a vague sense of humanism from some of tomorrow's leaders (women, five to ten of them) in the honors dorm at Shepherd in 1990.  I wasn't very good at the peace and forgiving part as I recall but I did do a good job of supporting everyone else's freedoms.

Some years later by May 1993 I had applied Christian principles to my own life (in practice they were Southern Baptist principles, and are now American Baptist principles, although I will gladly attend any Christian church for worship and service, especially based on its ministry, for example, Mt. Oak Methodist Church, Bowie, MD, and its autistic children ministry, I contributed dummy plugs for wall outlets and rigged up a gate to keep the kids from going upstairs).  

Everyone deserves respectful treatment.

I Corinthians 13 is a long list of things that love is.

Love is not prejudice, love is not discrimination, and I apply that in practice (voting down, unsuccessfully, Virginia's Amendment 1 against the rights of singles to domestic law, police protection et cetera)

No hateful words, no hateful actions.  Try to eliminate hateful thoughts too. If I am really mad I try to speak only in the presence of God.  Right now I am simmering over a college student from Ghana, all but begging his way through school it seems.  I have to remind myself that only his begging is the problem, and we have a nice guy from Ghana over at Mt. Vernon Baptist

Is not to say I am not really sad that so many Christians can have prejudices related to their romantic lives (hypothesis: my weight, or that I was distracted by closing Mom's estate, because Equally Yoked Christian singles failed 2002-2005).

The rights of man and woman and child to non-threatening words and actions are unconditional.  I do not delight in rubbing Scripture in anyone's eye.

A strong tradition of religious tolerance.  My parents and brother went in various directions.  The only time Mom ever tried to impose Sunday school on me was when she wanted Sunday morning off and church buses rolled through the subdivision.

Before I was a Christian I hated those kind of "Christians" who were threatening (or seemed so).  The last thing I'd like to become.

I find unequal treatment, prejudice, discrimination most offensive to me, employment related or social exclusion.

Nowt wrong with a bit of snobbish, hun..bit of posh totty ;p

Ian

Now now ( finger wag )

Er, Guess Who - could you please explain what you mean by this student from Ghana "all but begging his way through school"? Do you mean he is borrowing money off people and not paying it back or something different? I'm trying to work out exactly what he's doing that so wrong.

"Right now I am simmering over a college student from Ghana, all but begging his way through school it seems. "

GuessWho, how much tuition did you pay at the Rehab Center that is responsible for your career?

The young man in question uses every, or almost every, face to face opportunity he has with me to ask me for money.  He has not repaid any money I have lent him.  Last time I dropped him off at the subway he would not leave my vehicle until I gave him some.

I don't like having a movie over at my place and pizza (when I am trying to entertain a Christian brother) repeatedly used as an opportunity to solicit funds.  No one else has ever done that to me.