Moral judgement is a process which defines what is wrong, right, ethical, unethical, moral, or immoral. Moral judgement can also be defined as an expression of preference, opinion, will and command of individuals (383). Tom Regan and Mary Midgley both discuss the importance of moral theory and their different ways one can or can’t answer moral questions. Tom Regan focuses on the relativism point of view by expressing four different ways on how not to answer moral questions. Moral relativism depends on culture, legality, religion, and historical symbolism. While Mary Midgley focuses on the moral isolationism point of view and its used by people to understand the ways of any culture. Moral isolationism is the separation of society one makes when
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The first statement presented above, that mentions morality is not a matter of what one believes, feels or think can be interpreted differently between people. While people think some of their ideas have the right or wrong purpose, it does not mean that it is in fact a right or wrong decision. Everyone has the opportunity of taking the responsibility of having their own opinion and to have different sayings about a topic. However, moral judgement comes into play, people can’t affirm something different that is being denied by other individuals as a set-in stone statement (384). The second statement presented, mentions that morality is not a matter of public opinion or statistics, it is in fact, questions of moral right or wrong which cannot be answered just by a vote, and expecting to see the majority favors. This second way of not answering moral questions brings up the interrogation about if one decided something was right or wrong because of the public eye point of view or because one thinks is the right or wrong thing to do at that moment. This way differs from the first one due to the interpretation of other people’s views about it and not own point of view. Public opinion, or statistics can be interpreted as a method for answering questions about right and wrong just to find out what most people or all people think or feel about a topic
The first statement presented above, that mentions morality is not a matter of what one believes, feels or think can be interpreted differently between people. While people think some of their ideas have the right or wrong purpose, it does not mean that it is in fact a right or wrong decision. Everyone has the opportunity of taking the responsibility of having their own opinion and to have different sayings about a topic. However, moral judgement comes into play, people can’t affirm something different that is being denied by other individuals as a set-in stone statement (384). The second statement presented, mentions that morality is not a matter of public opinion or statistics, it is in fact, questions of moral right or wrong which cannot be answered just by a vote, and expecting to see the majority favors. This second way of not answering moral questions brings up the interrogation about if one decided something was right or wrong because of the public eye point of view or because one thinks is the right or wrong thing to do at that moment. This way differs from the first one due to the interpretation of other people’s views about it and not own point of view. Public opinion, or statistics can be interpreted as a method for answering questions about right and wrong just to find out what most people or all people think or feel about a topic