Morals govern the way we live every day, the way we behave, the things we do and the ways in which we interact with each other; everyday people make decisions based on what they believe is right and wrong. But is this really necessary? And if it is, then why? To answer this question, we must first know why we desire being moral and where the ideas of these morals originate. Ultimately morality is required both on a personal and communal level, it is an essential component of an effectively functioning society, and, according to Immanuel Kant, is necessary to one’s happiness. Jeremy Bentham’s ‘The happiness calculus’ furthermore states that the moral rightness or wrongness to an action is based on the outcome wether it function more towards
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As humans, we must make choices. Sartre believes that even choosing not to make choices is a choice itself. Furthermore, Jean-Paul Sartre believed that everything in existence has to have an essence. The essence to an object creates what it is, but according to Sartre, there is absolutely no design for a human being. The fundamental tenant of existentialism that ‘Existence precedes essence’, this essentially means that you create yourself, through the actions that you make, and is why he believes that “I am what I do.” Furthermore, every action made, paints a picture of what any human, we think should be …show more content…
Why then, is morality such an important factor which influences all of our decisions and why does society as a whole enforce these moral laws every day? If we are selfish as humans, doesn’t that then mean that we are therefore unjust humans, because of the selfish actions that we make? Or rather, seeing as though all humans are selfish, does it mean that humans are incapable to life a moral life due to this?
Morals are the ideas in which guide us throughout day to day life, how humanity defines its action as right or wrong, just or unjust. But why should we live in a moral way? When we live morally in our lives, we biologically feel better as humans. When helping others, and acting morally, our self-sufficiency that we feel, is indefinitely increasing. This sufficiency in which we feel, could in fact live on throughout our whole life, and can also help during our future endeavours. When you act morally, you essentially live a happier, better
As humans, we must make choices. Sartre believes that even choosing not to make choices is a choice itself. Furthermore, Jean-Paul Sartre believed that everything in existence has to have an essence. The essence to an object creates what it is, but according to Sartre, there is absolutely no design for a human being. The fundamental tenant of existentialism that ‘Existence precedes essence’, this essentially means that you create yourself, through the actions that you make, and is why he believes that “I am what I do.” Furthermore, every action made, paints a picture of what any human, we think should be …show more content…
Why then, is morality such an important factor which influences all of our decisions and why does society as a whole enforce these moral laws every day? If we are selfish as humans, doesn’t that then mean that we are therefore unjust humans, because of the selfish actions that we make? Or rather, seeing as though all humans are selfish, does it mean that humans are incapable to life a moral life due to this?
Morals are the ideas in which guide us throughout day to day life, how humanity defines its action as right or wrong, just or unjust. But why should we live in a moral way? When we live morally in our lives, we biologically feel better as humans. When helping others, and acting morally, our self-sufficiency that we feel, is indefinitely increasing. This sufficiency in which we feel, could in fact live on throughout our whole life, and can also help during our future endeavours. When you act morally, you essentially live a happier, better