Originally posted by carpedm9587
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Websters:
Definition of morality
1a : a moral discourse, statement, or lesson
ended his lecture with a trite morality
b : a literary or other imaginative work teaching a moral lesson
"Aesop's Fables" is famous as a morality.
2a : a doctrine or system of moral conduct
the basic law which an adequate morality ought to state
— Marjorie Grene
b moralities plural : particular moral principles or rules of conduct
we were all brought up on one of these moralities
— Psychiatry
3 : conformity to ideals of right human conduct
admitted the expediency of the law but questioned its morality
4 : moral conduct : VIRTUE
morality today involves a responsible relationship toward the laws of the natural world
— P. B. Sears
Definition of morality
1a : a moral discourse, statement, or lesson
ended his lecture with a trite morality
b : a literary or other imaginative work teaching a moral lesson
"Aesop's Fables" is famous as a morality.
2a : a doctrine or system of moral conduct
the basic law which an adequate morality ought to state
— Marjorie Grene
b moralities plural : particular moral principles or rules of conduct
we were all brought up on one of these moralities
— Psychiatry
3 : conformity to ideals of right human conduct
admitted the expediency of the law but questioned its morality
4 : moral conduct : VIRTUE
morality today involves a responsible relationship toward the laws of the natural world
— P. B. Sears
A being that can discern right from wrong - but it unable to freely choose from "wrong" acts is not a moral agent. They are a thought experiment. Only the sentient being that can freely choose any possible action, and chooses to do good can be called "morally good." Otherwise, they are merely an automaton following their moral programming.
The inconsistency lies in declaring a being omnipotent and omnibenevolent - but then noting it is incapable of choosing to act in an immoral way. If there is a set of logically possible actions that a being is prohibited from choosing, the being cannot be omnipotent. There is no conflict with omnibenevolence if the being is capable of making the choice - and simply never does.
When you pass, you will go exactly where I am going...
I don't expect to find myself with you in the Lake of Fire...
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