I just saw this for the first time and did not read every response yet. that being said if I am repeating, or hitting things that have already been said then I apologize. Either way these are my thoughts and feelings.
First of all, I think that in almost every case, people confuse Moral conduct with moral Philosophy. they are vastly different subjects.
Morality is universal IMO. We all know what is right and wrong, and in every society outside fo certain cult or religious teachings there is no question of what right and wrong are. Insode of certain religious and cult teachings, there is a certain amount of brainwashing that causes individuals to have a skewed perspective. I am not talking about mainstream religion when I say this but rather religions that actually teach hatred or violence as something people will be rewarded for. An additional note is that you must understand those teachings in their pure and correct form. Translations of Man do not make a religion evil. In many cases religious leaders translate and twist teaching to serve a specific agenda, but that does not make the religion immoral, it only makes those leaders and their followers immoral.
That being classified. People tend to try to justify selfish actions by deciding if they are moral or immoral. This is where confusion comes into play. We decide to do something for personal reasons and we then try to justify that action in our own mind and heart by saying it is or isn't moral. Once we have justified and accepted in our minds that certain acts are acceptable, then any time someone questions those actions, we defend them with our own opinion of what is or isn't moral behavior. This leads to the exposure of differing views, argumant, hate, and any number of other negative reactions that have been plauging this world since the begginning.
To me the question is never what is or isn't moral behavior, The question is Am I willing to accept that I did something for selfish reasons and openly admit that I did.
One persons Moral opinion is not at any time more correct than onothers, and no person is better eqquipped than any other to make moral decisions. There are people who are better equipped to make immoral decisions, and openly admit that they did so.
Basic right and wRong are a constant, people's views on what is or isn't the closest thing to right and wrong are differing. When we make a decision on action the Morality of that decision is entirely based on our personal opinion of what is the closest thing to right and wrong that might still serve our agenda. In every case the person who makes that choice knows deep down that it isn't right, they simply decide to justify it or not justify it. Every person has a different level of conciousness as to what is or isn't acceptable, and in all honesty there are almost never two people who really feel the same about something deep down.
This is the entire reason I think Moral questions should never be posed on the fish boards (here is fine especially in this context) No one should ever have to answer for someone else as to whether or not their actions are moral. People should make their own moral decisions and be prepared to live with the results of those decisions. Those results will almost always include criticism by someone else who didn't make the decision but theoretically would have decided differently.
I'm not sure if I made any sense at all.
Dave
Dave
First of all, I think that in almost every case, people confuse Moral conduct with moral Philosophy. they are vastly different subjects.
Morality is universal IMO. We all know what is right and wrong, and in every society outside fo certain cult or religious teachings there is no question of what right and wrong are. Insode of certain religious and cult teachings, there is a certain amount of brainwashing that causes individuals to have a skewed perspective. I am not talking about mainstream religion when I say this but rather religions that actually teach hatred or violence as something people will be rewarded for. An additional note is that you must understand those teachings in their pure and correct form. Translations of Man do not make a religion evil. In many cases religious leaders translate and twist teaching to serve a specific agenda, but that does not make the religion immoral, it only makes those leaders and their followers immoral.
That being classified. People tend to try to justify selfish actions by deciding if they are moral or immoral. This is where confusion comes into play. We decide to do something for personal reasons and we then try to justify that action in our own mind and heart by saying it is or isn't moral. Once we have justified and accepted in our minds that certain acts are acceptable, then any time someone questions those actions, we defend them with our own opinion of what is or isn't moral behavior. This leads to the exposure of differing views, argumant, hate, and any number of other negative reactions that have been plauging this world since the begginning.
To me the question is never what is or isn't moral behavior, The question is Am I willing to accept that I did something for selfish reasons and openly admit that I did.
One persons Moral opinion is not at any time more correct than onothers, and no person is better eqquipped than any other to make moral decisions. There are people who are better equipped to make immoral decisions, and openly admit that they did so.
Basic right and wRong are a constant, people's views on what is or isn't the closest thing to right and wrong are differing. When we make a decision on action the Morality of that decision is entirely based on our personal opinion of what is the closest thing to right and wrong that might still serve our agenda. In every case the person who makes that choice knows deep down that it isn't right, they simply decide to justify it or not justify it. Every person has a different level of conciousness as to what is or isn't acceptable, and in all honesty there are almost never two people who really feel the same about something deep down.
This is the entire reason I think Moral questions should never be posed on the fish boards (here is fine especially in this context) No one should ever have to answer for someone else as to whether or not their actions are moral. People should make their own moral decisions and be prepared to live with the results of those decisions. Those results will almost always include criticism by someone else who didn't make the decision but theoretically would have decided differently.
I'm not sure if I made any sense at all.
Dave
Dave
