K. Howarth
PHI 205- 055
16 December 2014 The greatest gift humankind can gain is morality. Morality is defined values concerning the distinction between right and wrong or the good and bad behavior. For the past 18 years, my moralities were based on the Christian morality. Growing up with Christian parents, I was told my belief had to come from God. He was the one who created all things and God is to teach us how to live better life. The basis of Christian morality is all about living like Jesus and focus our response and faith to a God in our daily circumstances. I always had to keep in mind my morals had to stand on what was appropriate and inappropriate response to God, the person who loves us. After eighteen years of …show more content…
As I grow into my own self individual my Christian morals and my personal morals conflicted with on another. I knew many of moral decisions were encouragements by the directions my life path rather the directions I received from God. For the past two years, I went through a process of trial and error of what is considered wrong and right. As well I struggled finding my egoist standpoint. Several of my moral position would clash with my faith, leaving me at a point of struggling to defined myself as an individualist. I had a clear sense of my moral position I believed in for example pro choice and equality for every individuals, however my faith had other moral …show more content…
I must be compassion about my moral decision and life. I struggle having a compassion for others and it takes me awhile to feel sympathy. However, whenever I need to decide on making a moral decision, I always consider how compassion do I feel towards the matter of subject. Making any moral decision can be consider controversial depending on the subject. Without having any compassion towards the subject I would not be able to depend my reasoning why I support it or not support. Generally when I add compassion as a moral value for decisions making I tend to create non-judgment on the circumstance and value both sides of the arguments. Due to I being raised in a Christian household, I could not be compassion on what I defined as being morally wrong and correct behavior. What Christians stand for typically create a judgment on a circumstance that is not approve within the religion. No matter how I felt I had to stand by what I was taught because I could not express how I felt for years. Allowing my self to break away from my religion, I gain a new perspective on the new morals and new compassion as