“To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
According to dictionary.com, morality is described as “conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.” Therefore, morality is the decisions that we constantly make in our daily lives. If so, then what drives our actions? Is morality faith based or could it possibly be driven by some other factor? How do we determine what exactly is deemed to be morally correct? There are many questions which lead to help surface whether morality is face based. These what my recent findings have discovered.
To begin, there must be a purpose to why morality is important in the lives of people. Morality is like a boundary; it something …show more content…
According to Ken Taylor, our morals are determined by two factors, “self-regarding or egoistic reasons, and other-regarding or altruistic reasons,” meaning that each person can have to reasons behind their morality, to either exalt themselves or to help others. As a society our natural inclination in decision making is to choose the decision that will most benefit us, then, it is to make sure that our family is and friends are okay, and finally, we can focus on anyone else. We all incline to be selfish, but some have learned and acknowledged that there is a satisfaction is putting others before themselves. Therefore, it is very possible for someone with no religious background or belief in God to do morally right, not because it is manifested in them, but because over time they have learned what is right from those around …show more content…
That would not be such a bad idea, except the fact that there is no logical reasoning behind that. Atheism has no stable foundation on why the make the decisions they make. When they claim that their morality is in correlation with the improving society, they are admitting that as the society is changing so does their morality. Therefore the decisions or moral choices are not their own, but rather of whatever the crowd deems to be morally correct for that time period, and would soon change in the later years. An example of this is the acceptance of homosexuality. Before the 1970s homosexuality was not at all approved by the society, places such as USSR in a large community of atheists, homosexuals were thrown in jail is someone was openly gay. In present day, there are more and more atheists that support gay rights. Is it because they had a great epiphany? No, it is because society is now claiming that it is okay to be gay, so atheists have accepted this as morally right. Atheists are like Chameleons, they change in order to best fit into their society. Christian morality, unlike atheist is a bit different. This is not taking on account individuals, who claim to be Christians, yet are easily swayed one way or another to follow the crowd. True Christians, those who follow God’s word and maintain
― Theodore Roosevelt
According to dictionary.com, morality is described as “conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.” Therefore, morality is the decisions that we constantly make in our daily lives. If so, then what drives our actions? Is morality faith based or could it possibly be driven by some other factor? How do we determine what exactly is deemed to be morally correct? There are many questions which lead to help surface whether morality is face based. These what my recent findings have discovered.
To begin, there must be a purpose to why morality is important in the lives of people. Morality is like a boundary; it something …show more content…
According to Ken Taylor, our morals are determined by two factors, “self-regarding or egoistic reasons, and other-regarding or altruistic reasons,” meaning that each person can have to reasons behind their morality, to either exalt themselves or to help others. As a society our natural inclination in decision making is to choose the decision that will most benefit us, then, it is to make sure that our family is and friends are okay, and finally, we can focus on anyone else. We all incline to be selfish, but some have learned and acknowledged that there is a satisfaction is putting others before themselves. Therefore, it is very possible for someone with no religious background or belief in God to do morally right, not because it is manifested in them, but because over time they have learned what is right from those around …show more content…
That would not be such a bad idea, except the fact that there is no logical reasoning behind that. Atheism has no stable foundation on why the make the decisions they make. When they claim that their morality is in correlation with the improving society, they are admitting that as the society is changing so does their morality. Therefore the decisions or moral choices are not their own, but rather of whatever the crowd deems to be morally correct for that time period, and would soon change in the later years. An example of this is the acceptance of homosexuality. Before the 1970s homosexuality was not at all approved by the society, places such as USSR in a large community of atheists, homosexuals were thrown in jail is someone was openly gay. In present day, there are more and more atheists that support gay rights. Is it because they had a great epiphany? No, it is because society is now claiming that it is okay to be gay, so atheists have accepted this as morally right. Atheists are like Chameleons, they change in order to best fit into their society. Christian morality, unlike atheist is a bit different. This is not taking on account individuals, who claim to be Christians, yet are easily swayed one way or another to follow the crowd. True Christians, those who follow God’s word and maintain