Question 1: Where do our morals come from? Morals are not as instinctive as heartbeats. A sense of right or wrong is teachable, but not as permanent as bones and blood. People are not born with morals instilled in them. In fact, the opposite is true: Humans are born with no sense of right and wrong. Rather, they are taught how to act throughout childhood by parents, teachers, and other means of authority and experience. Morals are adopted, adapted, and even discarded throughout life, which can be see every day in people across the world as they grow to make their own decisions. The sense of morality is something that is taught from a very early age. One can observe this easily. For example, in the first years of life, parents and
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One may attend a church service and decide to live one’s life according to the Bible; a whole new set of morals is now embedded in one’s mind. A family might volunteer at a soup kitchen and reevaluate their beliefs, prompting new values to swell in importance. Morals are taught. They are not permanent things, but simply a guideline of ideas that are edited by parents, teachers, and other such forces. One is not born with morality; one is simply presented with morals and then must make the choice as to whether or not he/she will act …show more content…
People make decisions based on how they feel and what they believe, and when those ideas clash, one can often get an honest glimpse of a person by the actions he/she takes. I think that’s why some act differently from what they believe, because the emotions have overpowered the morals; no matter how strong one’s values are, his/her emotions are equally prevalent. Neither concept should be the deciding factor in the actions one takes, but both should be weighed, and a choice should be made that satisfies both. I think that people go against their beliefs when such a compromise can’t be made, or when the choice is so sudden that one doesn’t have time to analyze the action. In the end, the behavior one engages in comes down to not only one’s morals, but also their
One may attend a church service and decide to live one’s life according to the Bible; a whole new set of morals is now embedded in one’s mind. A family might volunteer at a soup kitchen and reevaluate their beliefs, prompting new values to swell in importance. Morals are taught. They are not permanent things, but simply a guideline of ideas that are edited by parents, teachers, and other such forces. One is not born with morality; one is simply presented with morals and then must make the choice as to whether or not he/she will act …show more content…
People make decisions based on how they feel and what they believe, and when those ideas clash, one can often get an honest glimpse of a person by the actions he/she takes. I think that’s why some act differently from what they believe, because the emotions have overpowered the morals; no matter how strong one’s values are, his/her emotions are equally prevalent. Neither concept should be the deciding factor in the actions one takes, but both should be weighed, and a choice should be made that satisfies both. I think that people go against their beliefs when such a compromise can’t be made, or when the choice is so sudden that one doesn’t have time to analyze the action. In the end, the behavior one engages in comes down to not only one’s morals, but also their