JoannaB

I just reread this fragment, and (a) I did not remember at all what I had written here in the middle of the night, only that I wrote something, and (b) if this made any sense to me in the middle of the night, it no longer does. I guess I meant that it matters less what my moral values actually are, but more if I am still undecided on them - in waking life and broad daylight I strongly disagree with myself there: it is perfectly ok to remain undecided and not all moral issues have to be resolved, but what my moral values actually are matters to me a lot!

EDIT: I thought about it some more, and I think I now "get" what this dream fragment was telling me: it's not that it is not ok to remain undecided because it is, and not that my actual moral values do not matter to me because they do, but rather for the purposes of inclusion in dreams a moral dilemma will be more likely part of my dreams if I am not decided yet and once I reach a decision no matter what that decision is my dream mind moves on.

Based on this, I am less likely to dream about whether or not seasonal hunting is cruel because I answered my mind's question with a firm "no" -- it is a shame because I might have enjoyed a nice fox chase in a dream. Interestingly enough, part of me actually does think that hunting fixes for sport is kind of cruel, but the thing is that I am not going to judge people who do it, and it is not an important issue to me personally -- which shows that there is more nuance there, but essentially my dream answer from before stands because the "no" was sufficient to shut up my inquiring mind about this issue for the time being. Or rather it would have been enough if I had not recalled this dream fragment and written it down, and so now I am over analyzing this issue, so I should just say "no" and move on.