I have been pondering these questions for a while. Specifically, why is it that moral codes are different depending on where you are? If there really is a universal moral code then why is it that it is different depending on where you are? Also, where does Morality come from? Did it come from religion or did it come from our evolutionary past? I am curious as to what some of you think. — Matthew Gould
Specifically, why is it that moral codes are different depending on where you are? — Matthew Gould
If there really is a universal moral code then why is it that it is different depending on where you are? — Matthew Gould
Also, where does Morality come from? — Matthew Gould
But, is there a universal moral code that can be agreed upon and if there is, is it then wrong to force other people to adopt said moral code? — Matthew Gould
I don't know much about psychopaths, but will attempt to explain it anyways. Sure, maybe they lack a sense of duty, but it does not follow that objective morality does not exist. Much like most people will see the red of a red chair, colourblind people will not, but this does not change the fact that the chair is red.if there is such a thing as a universal conscience and sense of duty, then why are there psychopaths and sociopaths? — Matthew Gould
This depends what we impose. If we impose our subjective preferences on others, then it is tyranny. But if we impose justice on people, then it is not tyranny, because tyranny is unjust by definition.why is it that we impose laws on people without a conscience when we are basing our moral code on our consciences and senses of duty? Isn't that a form of tyranny? — Matthew Gould
There may be different moral laws in different places, but then it could say something about the quality of the law-making of the place, and not of the universality of the moral law. Some regions have the caste system. Would you not agree that this system of law is unjust?If there was a universal moral code then why is it that certain laws are implemented in one place and not in others? — Matthew Gould
↪Rich Well if there is no universal moral code then how do we know what is moral and what isn't. I mean I could just one day decide that it's wrong to do anything and that would be a moral code. — Matthew Gould
Did it come from religion or did it come from our evolutionary past? I am curious as to what some of you think. — Matthew Gould
I have no beef with entomology or evolution, but I refuse to admit that they teach me much about ethics. Consider the fact that human action ranges to the extremes. People can perform extraordinary acts of altruism, including kindness toward other species — or they can utterly fail to be altruistic, even toward their own children. So whatever tendencies we may have inherited leave ample room for variation; our choices will determine which end of the spectrum we approach. This is where ethical discourse comes in — not in explaining how we’re “built,” but in deliberating on our own future acts. Should I cheat on this test? Should I give this stranger a ride? Knowing how my selfish and altruistic feelings evolved doesn’t help me decide at all. Most, though not all, moral codes advise me to cultivate altruism. But since the human race has evolved to be capable of a wide range of both selfish and altruistic behavior, there is no reason to say that altruism is superior to selfishness in any biological sense.
I have been pondering these questions for a while. Specifically, why is it that moral codes are different depending on where you are? If there really is a universal moral code then why is it that it is different depending on where you are? Also, where does Morality come from? Did it come from religion or did it come from our evolutionary past? I am curious as to what some of you think. — Matthew Gould
Even if they do, they contradict each other, rendering all moral systems pointless. — TheMadFool
I would query that view, it is negative and defeatist. It would be better to consider what ethical systems have in common - which is actually quite a lot - rather than to say that they all negate each other. — Wayfarer
If there really is a universal moral code... — Matthew Gould
What surprises me, and I hope you have something to say about it, is why these various moral theories don't see eye to eye. — TheMadFool
Also, where does Morality come from? Did it come from religion or did it come from our evolutionary past? — Matthew Gould
Specifically, why is it that moral codes are different depending on where you are?
If there really is a universal moral code then why is it that it is different depending on where you are?
Also, where does Morality come from? Did it come from religion or did it come from our evolutionary past? I am curious as to what some of you think. — Matthew Gould
Specifically, why is it that moral codes are different depending on where you are? If there really is a universal moral code then why is it that it is different depending on where you are? — Matthew Gould
Also, where does Morality come from? Did it come from religion or did it come from our evolutionary past? I am curious as to what some of you think. — Matthew Gould
Well, one factor is historical - in a very short time-frame all of the diverse cultural and ethical systems are jostling one another in the global village. — Wayfarer
I suppose one answer to that is that it is up to individuals to wrestle with these issues and try to make the best and most meaningful choice. After all one of the attributes of liberal democracy is supposed to be the ability to engage in principled opposition. — Wayfarer
You say morality comes from us, so then it is not individual. It arises in our relationship with others, a "code of conduct" a sense of fairness , justice., history. — Cavacava
...Then there is no moral nature, morality alienates us from nature. — Cavacava
Rousseau "The mistake of most moralists has always been to consider man as an essentially reasonable being. Man is a sensitive being, who consults solely his passions in order to act, for and for whom reason serves only to palliate the follies his passions lead him to commit" — Cavacava
Morality naturally arises because we are interdependent social creatures
One's 'sense' of fairness, justice, and history are cultivated via common language. The same holds good for one's moral 'sense'. We come to understand such notions with a richness that only complex language can provide. That is not to say that everything we talk about is existentially contingent upon our awareness of it... contents of the focus within moral discourse notwithstanding.
Those are not mutually exclusive
A passionate motivation to do good.
Rousseau "The mistake of most moralists has always been to consider man as an essentially reasonable being. Man is a sensitive being, who consults solely his passions in order to act, for and for whom reason serves only to palliate the follies his passions lead him to commit" — Cavacava
This depends what we impose. If we impose our subjective preferences on others, then it is tyranny. But if we impose justice on people, then it is not tyranny, because tyranny is unjust by definition. — Samuel Lacrampe
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