Why Morality Is Wrong

morality permits each of us a sphere in which to pursue our own plans and goals.

Morality is the guidelines of society, which helps explain what is right and wrong. Now, this may look different in other societies, cultures, and religions. For some, pure morality is based off of natural instincts, meaning: actions that do not contravene any other being or their belongings. For others, they might use the definitions of morality that they learned through religious and cultural upbringings. Many religions have a path that leads their believers follow in order to live a principled life.

Morality tells us what we ought to do and what we ought not to do. Yet, morality does not give us reason as to why we ought to act in such a way. It is not sufficient to say that one ought to act morally because it is the moral thing to do. Morality does not intrinsically explain why one ought to act morally (Russel 2016, Lecture 13). If one does not care for acting morally then what other reason do we have for following morality? Why should we act morally even if we can choose not to? To most ordinary people, acting morally is considered rational. Yet,

Trapped in a post-apocalyptic world besieged by nothingness and stripped of morals, a man and his son have hopes of finding a better life. Traveling a treacherous road leading south, they encounter cannibals, burnt bodies, and the ruins of former cities. Society does no longer exist and the majority of the remaining population has succumbed to desperate measures resulting in amoral actions. Morality is the standard of right and wrong which influence a person’s conduct. Morality is usually based on religion, but in some cases is also instinctive (“Morality”). For example, someone without religion could clearly understand that it is not moral to murder someone. Although, if you were living in a world where this action was commonly practiced, it would eventually become normal. This idea is referred to as moral relativism. Moral relativism is the view that ethical standards, morality, and positions of right or wrong are culturally based and therefore subject to a person’s individual choice (“Moral Relativism”). In Cormac McCarthy’s pulitzer prize winning novel, The Road, due to hopeless and despairing measures, common ethics and the practice of western culture cease to exist. As a result, the remaining majority trivializes the use of morals due to desperation and in an attempt to survive. However, the man and his son still choose to hold on tightly to common ideas of morals and goodness and practice these ideas daily. These attributes that

Morality is basically what is right and wrong. Since early age, we have learned what was moral and what is not. Therefore, when we grow older, when someone claims something is moral, we believe that it is a “good” thing. As a result, many politicians utilize “moral” in order to gain support and persuade voters. Just as Luttrell stated, we grow up believing that morality is “untouchable”, making us, at first, not want to deny something that is moral. Even though I was not surprised by this article, it has taught me to look pass the “morality lens”, and not agree with something

In this essay, I will be arguing that Zagzebski’s argument illustrates that it is rational to believe that God does exist. I will briefly explain the “Does Ethics need God?” fundamental argument about morality that is presented in Zagzebski’s argument. After the first two parts of my essay I will discuss some objections and respond them. I will argue that Zagzebski’s argument indeed proves that God exists and I will do this by outlining the main claims of this argument and by responding to objections to this argument.

    Morality is defined as conformity to ideals of right human conduct. According to the Bible, "1 Timothy 1:10 - For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for

In The Universal Code, a book written by Kent M. Keith, Keith describes universal moral codes as, “Do no harm, do good,” (Keith). Keith's interpretation of universal moral codes can be summarized as the Golden Rule, which states, “do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” (Matt. 7:12). Personally, most of my moral values stem from the Golden Rule. With this theology, I communicate openly and honestly with people in my social group. When my friends do something that I consider morally unjust, I express my beliefs. This form of self expression is not always appreciated. For instance, my best friend of nine years began to participate in activities that many would frown upon. Although she was participating in these activities, she always found a way to justify it, yet when someone else was performing the same activity as her, she would degrade them. When she first began participating in these activities, I too found myself justifying her actions, because she was my best friend and I thought I knew her. As things progressed, I kept silent about how I really felt. I found myself questioning my own moral values. At one point I began to believe that I was a hypocrite, because if anyone else was participating in these activities I would probably judge them. Eventually I found the courage to tell her that I did not like the person she was becoming. Of

The definition of morality or what constitutes proper morals is a difficult task and may be explained differently 100 times if one were to ask 100 people. Generally speaking, being moral is conforming to the standards of good or right. This vague definition is open for many interpretations. As mentioned, morality is not recognized internationally or is scrutinized as a weakness by the realist community, at least not openly so. Morality has played a role in international affairs and war for centuries.

What is morality? Who determines right and wrong? For philosophers Nietzsche and Aquinas, questions such as this will derive different answers. Take Dominican friar, Thomas Aquinas. According to Aquinas, humans have a natural moral compass that governs our understanding of right and wrong, a theory called “Natural Law.” Natural law is more or less what is more popularly known as a “Conscious”, an almost primal instinct telling us whether something is right or wrong.For example: murder, stealing, rape etc. It is naturally understood (or should be natural understood) amongst nearly all beings, that taking another beings life, stealing from another being, raping another being, is of course, wrong. This concept seems perfectly rational and black white, on the

Morality is the balance between what is good and what is bad in an individual's mind. As long as scientists have been performing experiments, there has always been the issue of morality while trying to help and solve issues. The issue scientists and researchers often must wonder is not if an experiment can be completed, but if it should be completed. Morality brings in the thought of what could happen with the completion of certain experiments and why some should not be completed. Morality is a necessary factor when conducting experiments with new laws and regulations consistently being implemented to deter or extinguish experiments that may have negative side effects upon living organisms. It is critical to think about the well being of living organisms and how humans have drastically changed the world in such a short amount of time.

The morals of one is directly connected to his/her group. The person is seeking approval of the group and does specific things that are approved of the group. What is right is what the group or social community says is right.

The definition of morality in most dictionaries is simple the concepts of: moral standards, with regard to behavior; moral responsibility, referring to our conscience; and a moral identity, or one who is capable of right or wrong action. This is an excellent definition but it makes things too wordy in my own opinion. Morality to me means that good feeling that you get in the bottom of your stomach when you do something you think is right and that little nagging feeling in the back of your mind when you feel as though something is wrong.

Reality, truth, and morality are all objective and absolute. They do not change, regardless of human existence or values. I believed this at the beginning of the Summer Session and I still believe this. Taking ethics has helped me to further support my beliefs.

Morality only exists if we believe in God; therefore if God doesn’t exist there is no morality. There have been so many evil acts committed in the name of God that it is difficult to maintain that a belief in God equates to morality. There are situations that happen every day where decisions are made based off of human rights that contradict the word of God. Morality comes from within, it is an understanding of right versus wrong and the ability to choose what is right. Knowing all this a belief in God is not a requirement for a person to be moral. (Mosser, 2011)