Everyone has an idea of what a moral is; we all know the familiar moral to the story expression, but what will the morals of our life story be. Morality is your ability to decipher between the wrong choices and the right decisions in life. Most people refer to moral men and women as persons of good character with mainstream American and Christian values. To be a moral person you have to make the decision that society will agree with most. Even with the best intentions a choice can still be viewed as immoral. Is it morally safe to take one life to spare a thousand; society can't answer that question, only god and history can be the judge of that. For me choosing the right decision is always simple, but making the wrong choice involves a little more desire, there has to be a proper incentive and little risk. I have never been in the situation, but I can imagine that after having his morality questioned a man would interpret morality differently. He would see it as something that has to be steadfast, and automatic. If every moral man said he had never committed an immoral action then we would all be liars. A life spent never being immoral is a life wasted. Many immoral actions are minor nuisances at best; if every action was to be morally scrutinized then everyone would be guilty of making the wrong choice. Fortunately making immoral decisions is a part of everyone's life story. It grants us the experience we need to strengthen our morals for more powerful tests. I would be a liar if I said there wasn't a thrill that came from committing immoral deeds. Morality is usually preached as a universal path to a religiously healthy life, the Old Testament defines morality very well, “Many people hold to the idea that the conscience is a matter of our hearts, that concepts of right, wrong, and fairness are “programmed” in each of us. This is in keeping with the writings of Paul the Apostle, who points out that even those who do not believe in God frequently obey God's laws as given in the Ten Commandments: "for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves, who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them" (Romans 2:14-15 (NKJV).” Humanity’s sense of morality was not founded within the beginnings of any organized religion. It was embedded into us as instinct and influenced by our own experience and desire. Morality, to me, means knowing that I will make the right decision when it comes down to it.
I agree with you Tuck. Most people do immoral things to help strengthen their own morals. These immoral things help us to seek a thrill in which we are searching for and to help shape our lives. Do you think that people do immoral things more to help strengthen their own morals, or is it because of something more?
ReplyDeleteI like how you tied religion into this and actually used the Bible as a source. In this subject, it is a very good source that points out morality and even shows that even during the writing of the Old and New Testaments, morals have remained the guidelines by which people live. One thing you could write about is how the morals of modern society have changed in some ways.
ReplyDelete@ncarter. People do immoral things because they know no other way. they find it justifiable to be immoral because of the kind of life they have had to live.
ReplyDeletetucker, i like how you decided to quote the bible here, because you are correct that this is how some people do decide to live their lives. what about the people that do not believe in the bible? what other influences do these people turn too?
ReplyDelete@Grant Solis they turn to their own religions for guidance or they do what they believe to be acceptable based on their own personal system, which stems from their background
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