Jul 24, 2012, 09:51 PM
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How is being fat a moral thing? I can hate myself for being fat, but that's a physical condition, and not something that makes me a good or bad person. It makes me more likely to die young, but it's not going to hinder my chances in the afterlife under the Christian belief system. Well, I suppose there's the whole gluttony and sloth thing, but really, in biblical times, if you were lazy, you didn't survive (or someone else did your work for you). In this day and age, you can be self sufficient but still slothful, but I don't see that as a moral failing.
Anyway, to get back to your original point, sure, it's possible to loathe yourself but still consider yourself a moral person. What if you're someone who has a constant compulsion to do something bad, like steal or kill, but you can keep that urge in check because you know it's wrong. Sure, you can loathe yourself for having those compulsions, but you still can be a moral person because you haven't acted on them.
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