Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that what is considered immoral is often defined by those who are not enjoying life to the fullest.
H. L. Mencken's quote explores the idea that societal norms of morality are often dictated by those who are less adventurous or less willing to embrace life's pleasures. It implies that those who are having a better time may participate in actions deemed immoral simply because they seek enjoyment and fulfillment outside of conventional boundaries. This positions the concept of morality as subjective and influenced by individual experiences and happiness.
In practice
A discussion on ethical dilemmas in a philosophical lecture.
I know a good many men of great learning-that is, men born with an extraordinary eagerness and capacity to acquire knowledge. One and all, they tell me that they can't recall learning anything of any value in school. All that schoolmasters managed to accomplish with them was to test and determine the amount of knowledge that they had already acquired independently-and not infrequently the determination was made clumsily and inaccurately.
It takes a long while for a naturally trustful person to reconcile himself to the idea that after all God will not help him
It is the theory of all modern civilized governments that they protect and foster the liberty of the citizen; it is the practice of all of them to limit its exercise, and sometimes very narrowly.
The central belief of every moron is that he is the victim of a mysterious conspiracy against his common rights and true deserts.
The cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy.
It is my conviction that no normal man ever fell in love, within the ordinary meaning of the term, after the age of thirty.
Heaven - the treasury of everlasting life.
Swift has sailed into his rest; Savage indignation there Cannot lacerate his breast Imitate him if you dare, World-besotted traveler; he Served human liberty.
A totally blind process can by definition lead to anything; it can even lead to vision itself.
I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil. My God created laws that take care of that. His universe is not ruled by wishful thinking, but by immutable laws.
Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it
Freedom is indivisible. Whites can't enjoy their separate freedoms. They spend too much time and resources defending those freedoms instead of enjoying them.
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