Do you have a moral standard?

[TheLonelySquire]

If so, how did you arrive at this standard? If so, does it change?

Or, do you have any morals at all?

 

[Jetfire]

I just treat people how I want to be treated...if this is the case for others...they must like being treated like shit...people in general can be very cruel.

I read it in some book...

 

[Small White Car]

It's not exactly rocket science.

People know what's right. It's just sometimes hard to follow through with it, I suppose.

 

[Plomeek Broth]

What I say and what I do are usually two entirely different things.

 

[Kirk's_Tights]

It's not exactly rocket science.

People know what's right. It's just sometimes hard to follow through with it, I suppose.

That isn't true. People's ideas of right and wrong are different, depending on the situation. Some people might think it's right to sleep around with 20 partners a night while other people think it's wrong. It really depends on how you look at the situation.

 

[Small White Car]

Some people might think it's right to sleep around with 20 partners a night while other people think it's wrong. It really depends on how you look at the situation.

Sleeping with people has nothing to do with morals.

In that situation morals would involve how you deal with each of those people. If you're honest with each of them and so forth. And I tend to think that most everyone would agree that telling them all the truth is good and lying to them all about it is wrong.

I could be wrong, does anyone here feel otherwise?

 

[Kelso]

Do I have a moral standard? Yes. Simply put, I try to treat others the way I would want to be treated and to approach each person as an individual rather than a member of some homogeneous group.

Does it change? Yes, my beliefs are continually evolving as I learn more about the world and the people around me- my world view has changed considerably in the last decade. For example, ten years ago, I was a die-hard Christian and right-wing conservative. I came to the point, though, where I was unable to reconcile those beliefs with my own sense of morality and was forced to leave those things behind. In my opinion, both of those philosophies require selfishness, bigotry and close-mindedness.

How did I arrive at my moral standard? I make a conscious effort to keep my mind open to new opinions and ways of looking at the world. I read, watch and listen to as many different points of view as possible and to learn as much as I can from them. I think it's important to challenge one's own biases and to have no sacred cows.

 

[Kirk's_Tights]

Some people might think it's right to sleep around with 20 partners a night while other people think it's wrong. It really depends on how you look at the situation.

Sleeping with people has nothing to do with morals.

In that situation morals would involve how you deal with each of those people. If you're honest with each of them and so forth. And I tend to think that most everyone would agree that telling them all the truth is good and lying to them all about it is wrong.

I could be wrong, does anyone here feel otherwise?

Yeah, it does. Like I said, it depends on the person you ask. In that situation, I could think it's wrong for someone to sleep around because it's slutty but someone else might think it's totally fine or right because it's just sex and everyone has needs. What you think is right, I could think is wrong.


There are obvious right and wrongs in this world but there are a few situations that can go both ways based on who you ask.

 

[Amaris]

I do have a moral standard.

1) Do not intentionally harm any person.
2) Whenever possible, help those in need.
3) Love everyone, from the greatest to the least.

They're real simple. I live by that standard.

J.

 

[Small White Car]

Yeah, it does. Like I said, it depends on the person you ask.

Then morals are irrelevant.

You can easily find every opinion in the world. Thus everything is moral to someone.

I'm not saying you're wrong, mind you. I'm just saying that there's no point in talking about morals in that case.

 

[Kira's Mom]

I do have a moral standard.

1) Do not intentionally harm any person.
2) Whenever possible, help those in need.
3) Love everyone, from the greatest to the least.

They're real simple. I live by that standard.

J.

This. Unfortunately, that's not good enough for some people. I know some around here who think I have poor morals simply based on the politcal party I support.

Personally, I think I have good morals. I don't smoke (well, I don't think smoking is immoral, but there are some who do), rarely drink, don't sleep around, and I not only go to church, I participate in the services as a choir member.

 

[Amaris]

I do have a moral standard.

1) Do not intentionally harm any person.
2) Whenever possible, help those in need.
3) Love everyone, from the greatest to the least.

They're real simple. I live by that standard.

J.

This. Unfortunately, that's not good enough for some people. I know some around here who think I have poor morals simply based on the politcal party I support.

Personally, I think I have good morals. I don't smoke (well, I don't think smoking is immoral, but there are some who do), rarely drink, don't sleep around, and I not only go to church, I participate in the services as a choir member.

Oh, to me you're quite a moral person. Some would think I'm not moral because I don't go to church. I think in general, people have similar morals, but like most things, there are small deviations.

J.

 

[Kira's Mom]

^I've met atheists who had better morals than some Christians. But that's for a whole different forum.

 

[Amaris]

^I've met atheists who had better morals than some Christians. But that's for a whole different forum.

I know what you mean.

J.

 

[Jetfire]

I think as long as you are not out to hurt other people, somewhat honest and don't find humor in others misfortune...then you are doing ok morally.

I could be wrong though.

[edit] I should add; By misfortune I don't mean you were dealing drugs and were arrested.

I mean, you were driving along and someone throws a brick through your winshield or you were layed off because your the company you worked for is going broke...stuff like that.

 

[Kestra]

I do try to live by certain guidelines, but as noted above, it's sometimes difficult to follow them. Where did they come from? Many different places. My parents, my culture, my friends, literature, feelings I had when others did something I considered "wrong", and using my head and heart to figure it out as I go along. I try to avoid hurting others in any way, but I do slip up sometimes.

 

[Arrqh]

I'm not saying you're wrong, mind you. I'm just saying that there's no point in talking about morals in that case.

Sure there is. That's like saying there's no point in talking about laws since every country has their own.

Accepting the existence of relative morality doesn't mean morals are worthless or not worth discussing. It simply means that they can't be taken in isolation: they now have a greater context which is the societies that they exist in and must be taken with that context in mind.

 

[Miss Chicken]

My morals are simple - I think it is immoral to hurt another living thing unless there is a compelling and neccessary reason to do so.

For example - I think it is immoral to inflict pain on a child unless it is the child's best interest. Therefore it is immoral to stick a pin into a child's arm but it isn't immoral to inflict the same amount of pain to vaccinate a child.

In itself, sex is not immoral unless it harms someone. However if one has committed themselves to Person A it is wrong to have sex with Person B unless you have Person A absolute permission.

 

[Kelso]

sex is not immoral unless it harms someone

Unless they're into that sort of thing, of course.

 

[Miss Chicken]

sex is not immoral unless it harms someone

Unless they're into that sort of thing, of course.

In they are enjoying it they are not being harmed.