Religion just lined them up on a list. “The purpose of morality,” Ayn Rand argues, “is to teach us… what produces happiness” (Rand, 2016). Human beings were born with some sense of what they are doing. Right and wrong is an opinion based subject. Religion reinforces the moral code that is engrained in us. There is a universal code. This moral code has been drilled into us since birth by parents and others, as well as ourselves. As we’re growing up, we learn to teach ourselves our own moral code with guidance from others. It is seen in every culture in some shape or form. These moral codes can be religious. However, deciding what is right and wrong is entirely up to a person’s own ideas. Growing up, my support system was “iffy” at best. I quickly had to teach myself right and wrong. This has been my system for most of my life. I matured, keeping my beliefs on what a “good” person is in my mind. We choose our own values. Locke feels that “we have a moral obligation to respect each other’s rights” (Fieser, 2012). However, I consider this to be half-way correct. Human beings should respect others; but this is not an “obligation”. We choose how to treat
Religion just lined them up on a list. “The purpose of morality,” Ayn Rand argues, “is to teach us… what produces happiness” (Rand, 2016). Human beings were born with some sense of what they are doing. Right and wrong is an opinion based subject. Religion reinforces the moral code that is engrained in us. There is a universal code. This moral code has been drilled into us since birth by parents and others, as well as ourselves. As we’re growing up, we learn to teach ourselves our own moral code with guidance from others. It is seen in every culture in some shape or form. These moral codes can be religious. However, deciding what is right and wrong is entirely up to a person’s own ideas. Growing up, my support system was “iffy” at best. I quickly had to teach myself right and wrong. This has been my system for most of my life. I matured, keeping my beliefs on what a “good” person is in my mind. We choose our own values. Locke feels that “we have a moral obligation to respect each other’s rights” (Fieser, 2012). However, I consider this to be half-way correct. Human beings should respect others; but this is not an “obligation”. We choose how to treat