What is Morality? Anyone...?
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 11:43 pm
I forget which of you said it, but you mentioned using some situation as a moral thought experiment. That's when I realized, you probably don't have any idea what morality is, aside from a memorized definition that Webster gave to you. But the definition can only tell us HOW to recognize the meaning of the word. It doesn't bestow magical understanding of its usage. So as fallible human beings, we have to PRACTICE it in order to get it right. But what IS Right? How do we know if something is immoral or wrong? Why should we care about the effects of it?
So how often have you "practiced" gaining understanding of morality? Other than when you accidentally hurt somebody and are seeking amends? We rarely practice or give any time to understanding the objective difference between right and wrong.
Now here is the really big kicker: IF you do not understand morality. IF you can't tell right from wrong well enough to explain it clearly to somebody who doesn't. WHAT makes you think that you have a Right to vote anything into law? If you are trying to vote without knowing right from wrong, isn't that extremely dangerous? And if morality isn't the motivation for your decision, the only reason left is for your own personal gain. And therefore, IF a majority of the voters are choosing what they want instead of what is right, is that a legitimate system to support? IS that even an intelligent system that will last?
If you say that morality doesn't exist, or that it is subjective(different for everyone), then you are saying there is no "right answer." (Or that every answer is right, either way gives the same result.) And if there are no right answers, then you are trying to argue that reality is completely relative. Then if you put one apple together with another apple, it wouldn't be "two apples." It could be 5, or -7, or whatever we want to "call" it, despite there still only being two objects in the same reality that we all share. Trying to say there is no answer is only an attempt to justify ignorance and apathy. Reality exists. What happens in it may be argued by varying opinions, but feelings and arguments won't change reality.
So how do we know the difference between right and wrong actions in our daily lives? Step up to the plate and prove that you have the ABILITY to tell the difference, and the RIGHT to vote on issues of election. Because without this important key, you are trying to open a door that you shouldn't!
So how often have you "practiced" gaining understanding of morality? Other than when you accidentally hurt somebody and are seeking amends? We rarely practice or give any time to understanding the objective difference between right and wrong.
Now here is the really big kicker: IF you do not understand morality. IF you can't tell right from wrong well enough to explain it clearly to somebody who doesn't. WHAT makes you think that you have a Right to vote anything into law? If you are trying to vote without knowing right from wrong, isn't that extremely dangerous? And if morality isn't the motivation for your decision, the only reason left is for your own personal gain. And therefore, IF a majority of the voters are choosing what they want instead of what is right, is that a legitimate system to support? IS that even an intelligent system that will last?
If you say that morality doesn't exist, or that it is subjective(different for everyone), then you are saying there is no "right answer." (Or that every answer is right, either way gives the same result.) And if there are no right answers, then you are trying to argue that reality is completely relative. Then if you put one apple together with another apple, it wouldn't be "two apples." It could be 5, or -7, or whatever we want to "call" it, despite there still only being two objects in the same reality that we all share. Trying to say there is no answer is only an attempt to justify ignorance and apathy. Reality exists. What happens in it may be argued by varying opinions, but feelings and arguments won't change reality.
So how do we know the difference between right and wrong actions in our daily lives? Step up to the plate and prove that you have the ABILITY to tell the difference, and the RIGHT to vote on issues of election. Because without this important key, you are trying to open a door that you shouldn't!