# Whether morality is primarily about social/interpersonal stuff or about dealing with reality effectively

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**Created:** [October 22, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/whether-morality-is-primarily-about-social-interpersonal-stuff-or-about-dealing-with-reality-effectively/372 "2021-10-22T13:44:17Z")
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### Author: ![Max](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/user_avatar/discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/max/32/97_2.png) [@Max](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Max)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2022, 6:22am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/whether-morality-is-primarily-about-social-interpersonal-stuff-or-about-dealing-with-reality-effectively/372/79 "2022-01-18T06:22:56Z")

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I posted the following under to the original source from my site: [https://forum.xk.io/n/10025](https://forum.xk.io/n/10025). Copy-pasting here since it’s relevant, and because I want to say it here, too.

> ### I was so very wrong about morality and interpersonal harm.
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> I’ve read Galt’s speech.
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> In n/10017 (the parent of this post) I said:
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> > Sometimes those projects/decisions only impact a single person, in which case they’re probably amoral – that’s okay. Morality is about interpersonal harm, […].
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> I was so very wrong about this. Morality does concern one’s actions, since some actions are right and some are wrong. But morality is not _about_ harm (interpersonal or otherwise), at least, no more so than it is about rocks.
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> I am starting to understand.
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> I’m not sure enough, yet, to say what morality is about – I could try, but I don’t want to rush it. I want _know_ it before I _claim_ to know it. Soon, I will be sure enough.
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> I’m grateful that [JustinCEO](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/JustinCEO) (on the CF forum) noticed this part of n/10017 and [challenged me on it](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/whether-morality-is-primarily-about-social-interpersonal-stuff-or-about-dealing-with-reality-effectively/372), and I’m grateful that he and [ingracke](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/ingracke) found it worth their time to discuss it with me.
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> I am grateful for Ayn Rand – her life, her works, and most of all: her mind. Right now, I’m grateful particularly for _Atlas Shrugged_ .
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> I have a special gratitude for [Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot), not only for his participation in the above-linked thread (among many other things, too many to list here), but also – and, right now, primarily – for his labor, dedication and ideas that safeguard the closest thing I’ve ever known to a _sanctuary_ .
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> Why do I express my gratitude? I admire their virtues. Why am I grateful? Their virtues have allowed me to profit, and I will continue to. And I know that they have and will, too.

CC @Elliot @ingracke @JustinCEO (as you’re mentioned above).

_Atlas Shrugged_ is changing my life.

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