Is Moral Knowledge Possible

The articles “Are we born with a moral core? The Baby Lab says ‘yes’” and “Is Morality Innate and Universal?” support the idea of a universal moral code across all human cultures.

Morality is not only knowing the difference between right and wrong but also having a kind of code you follow despite the consequences. An example of a moral person would be Martin Luther King Jr. because of his moral based actions in his life. He was a civil rights activist and became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He acted based on his Christian beliefs and inspired by the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi. He was also given a

In this paper, I am going to explain what two moral theories I mainly use to make a moral decision. In this paper, I used the textbook to help me figure out what moral theories are and it helped me decide which moral theories to use that best fit me when I make moral decisions. The two moral theories that I chose to highlight in this paper are utilitarianism and cultural relativism because I believe that they are the two that best fit me when I make a moral decision. The definition of morals is “a person’s standards of behavior or beliefs concerning what is or is not acceptable for them to do”. Morals are an important thing to have because it is good to know what is and isn’t

Moral and values is some of the things we learn as we grow up and these morals and values we learn from our parents and friends and also from our cultures and some of them you get to develop them as you grow up. The is so many ways to develop ones morals and values and cultural relativism and ethical subjectivism is of those ways that are used to develop morals and values.

The idea of morals is one which makes up a large part of who a person is. For some, it is what gives them purpose, for others, it can be the factor that defines their entire lives. Depending on who you talk to, it is the one thing that separates us from animals, our ability to have our own set of values that ultimately created the society that exists in today’s world. When people discuss morals, they all seem set on the right and the wrong, and that nothing would cause them to change their beliefs, no matter the circumstances. For some, however, there comes a point where no such decision can be made; when placed in an extreme circumstance, there becomes no such option other than to abandon their long-held beliefs and decide that one person’s

As talked about in Berk there are many factors that impact our understanding of morals. Kohlberg believed that various experiences influenced and cause “cognitive challenges” and in turn allow them to moral questions and situations in more complicated ways. Some of these influences could be school, friends, and culture (Berk, 2014)

In a world of many cultures, beliefs, and varying society’s all across our known world, different people hold very different moral standards. Moral subjectivism, the idea that there is no moral law and that all actions, right or wrong are dependent on the person making the judgement, is the only explanation which can account for the diverse moral views that are so prevalent across the globe for billions of people. There is no known absolute law which is universal across the cosmos let alone the earth, as a result all morality is relative.

The experiences that we go through throughout our life can influence our moral growth as well as help us depict right from wrong. Based on what has gone on around you, and how different situations have affected you, your mind can rewire to think differently about what is considered right and wrong. I’ve had moral growth and the change in what I thought was right and wrong, by watching the mistakes made by other people and myself , and learning from them. People in my life have shown me exactly how not to treat people, and that the way they are living their life is wrong, so when I feel that I may be headed in the same direction, I think differently. Also i have seen people act differently in different environments, and they change themselves

Our human suspension relating to the theory of knowledge is to justify our individual belief and opinion about our ethic. To me it not about morality or moralism its rather posing question about values

This paper will focus on two theories in moral development within developmental Psychology. There are three components to our morality; these are emotional, cognitive and behavioural.

Everyone has their own specific morals. Those morals are born out of the environment of which they are around. These morals however can be very different from other people. This is due to the ethics a certain civilization imposes on the person. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson provides a very well written example of this phenomenon.

For instance, in America, it is not uncommon to see a child spanked for misbehaving or disobeying his or her parent. However, in Sweden, this action is not only illegal, not also frowned upon. A moral relativist would explain that this is because moral facts can exist and be objective in America, but can be still objective and independent of Sweden’s morals. Lastly, disagreeing with both moral realist and relativists, moral skeptics believe there are no moral facts; all morals are equivalent to opinions, and they are different for everyone. Moral skepticism says that all morals are simply rules created to control humans and their behaviors. For example, the moral skeptic would argue that the reason controversy exists over issues such as abortion is that each person has opinions that are independent of others. Skeptics would also say that there are no right answers to moral dilemmas, because each person will come to a different conclusion.

And lastly, as people we shouldn’t do things that is viewed as morally wrong, but understand our behaviors as we believe is wrong or right. In answering moral questions, do we need factual knowledge? According to Socrates, as a society we do need factual knowledge to keep order and balance.

To be moral simply means to do what is right; however, doing what is right is easier said than done. Perhaps if one was a child, one would, to the best of their abilities, follow what his parents demand of him, this would constitute them as doing what is right. Now let us say that the child is an orphan, or does not believe what his parents say is right, should following them still be considered moral, or is it even up to him to decide? Perhaps the child has evolved past parenting all together and therefore needs no more guidance. Defining what is considered moral has now become much more complex. Sam Harris presents the same basic argument of morality in his book Letter to a Christian Nation, by applying it not to a child and his parents,

Moral education is a programme of study which teaches the pupil about behaving in accordance with what is good while rejecting the bad. It is a holistic approach to stimulate character building and moral development (Okoh;