What is True Morality? – Enjoying Life #3
Here is the drawing I decide on to go with the quote from yesterday.
Contest
Yesterday I posted this drawing with just the quote and asked people to give me their idea of an illustration for the quote. There were some pretty good ideas. Many talked about a mother or father showing love for a child, or for an elderly parent. Some talked about the idea of adoption. Another mentioned the ‘pay it forward’ idea, which I found particularly intriguing.
But in the end none of them seemed to deal with what I thought was the key to the quote, which is about morality. While I was reading and thinking about it I was struck with the very current and real American debate over same sex marriage. It was the perfect example to me of an image that illustrates both the joy/enjoyment element of the quote and also confronts the perception of morality this issue makes many struggle with.
Some Questions:
- What do you think of my choice?
- What do you think of the definition of ‘true morality’ the quote gives?
- How does same sex marriage come into play with your definition of morality (whether it is the same or different than the quote’s definition)?
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Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman
Quote by Nicolas Chamfort, 1741-1794, French Writer and Aphorist
Nicolas Chamfort
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To enjoy and give enjoyment without injury to yourself or others is true morality