The way we feel about things shape who we are and how we act. Morality has acted as a guideline for human behavior for thousands of years. This set of rules is vibrantly displayed through the analyzation of societal structure. What holds together the human race is the way we view good and bad, the way we interact with each other and act in general is dictated by these rules. Our moral compass normally leads us to desire to do good and be good people. The creation of moral guidelines came through the need for certain behavioral requirements. Humans are social beings by nature, and to uphold a functioning society, there must be restrictions that everyone must face in order is insure peace. One way to disprove general humanic morality is to consider that people avoid doing bad things because they fear the punishment, not because they do not want to do something bad. Many of those who do not commit immoral acts do so because they think it would be in violation of God’s laws, but with no way to prove the existence of God how can the existence of morality be proven? As Dostoevsky states “There is no law for God. Where God stands, the place is holy. Where I stand will be at the foremost place… ‘all things are lawful’ and that’s the end of it!” (Dostoevsky, Fydor) The entirety of morality rests upon the existence of a divine body. If this divine being does not exist then neither does morality. Why when the ability to do
The way we feel about things shape who we are and how we act. Morality has acted as a guideline for human behavior for thousands of years. This set of rules is vibrantly displayed through the analyzation of societal structure. What holds together the human race is the way we view good and bad, the way we interact with each other and act in general is dictated by these rules. Our moral compass normally leads us to desire to do good and be good people. The creation of moral guidelines came through the need for certain behavioral requirements. Humans are social beings by nature, and to uphold a functioning society, there must be restrictions that everyone must face in order is insure peace. One way to disprove general humanic morality is to consider that people avoid doing bad things because they fear the punishment, not because they do not want to do something bad. Many of those who do not commit immoral acts do so because they think it would be in violation of God’s laws, but with no way to prove the existence of God how can the existence of morality be proven? As Dostoevsky states “There is no law for God. Where God stands, the place is holy. Where I stand will be at the foremost place… ‘all things are lawful’ and that’s the end of it!” (Dostoevsky, Fydor) The entirety of morality rests upon the existence of a divine body. If this divine being does not exist then neither does morality. Why when the ability to do