What do you consider as 'Morality'

[Project_Omega]

There are many cultures in the world, and they all have a different view of what is considered moral and what is immoral. Also, what exactly is morality, as in is it discipline and respect to others or being altuistic in the times of need. Also, would you like to be a hero? If not then why?
I am looking forward to your comments!

 

[Nincompoop]

Moral is a behavior limit a society allows. Moral is also relative to which society you are talking about.

I wouldn't want to be a hero on a subjective level, but if I were a hero, I'd probably be doing a lot more good than now, so that'd be nice I guess.

Addendum; the word 'moral' and 'ethic' mean the exact same things if you look way back. I think they are from two different languages meaning the same. However, there is a difference in the meaning of those two words in the modern times.

Addendum 2.0; I guess this proves that a real topic is something people are afraid of. I found this to be a great topic, kudos to the author, and was looking forward to getting an interesting discussion out of it. Well diddle my bananas... not much happened...

 

[Doitpow]

Morals are a code designed to reproduce the society which produced them.

Addendum: I consider my morality as treating people as I would wish to be treated. So I intend to reproduce myself!

 

[Riobux]

It's a social construct to control the population to the government's whim which was first created via the expansion of Christianity during Roman times.

 

[Nincompoop]

It's a social construct to control the population to the government's whim which was first created via the expansion of Christianity during Roman times.

I highly doubt it is 'constructed' by anyone. A society cannot exist without a certain moral.

Imagine a society which had a moral limit so low, that their behavior resulted in more deaths than births? Such a society wouldn't exist for very long. This is why we have moral to a certain degree, it is required for our species to even exist.

Now, other more mundane and trivial morals might be constructed, but moral in itself is an instinctive defense mechanism.

 

[Riobux]

It's a social construct to control the population to the government's whim which was first created via the expansion of Christianity during Roman times.

I highly doubt it is 'constructed' by anyone. A society cannot exist without a certain moral.

Imagine a society which had a moral limit so low, that their behavior resulted in more deaths than births? Such a society wouldn't exist for very long. This is why we have moral to a certain degree, it is required for our species to even exist.

Now, other more mundane and trivial morals might be constructed, but moral in itself is an instinctive defense mechanism.

I'm not saying morality is a bad thing, but for a consensus to be achieved, there usually is a uniting body to draw which morals should be shared by all, which should not happen at all and which morals are allowed to be chosen. Sometimes some consensus are obvious enough but some end up being discovered as manufactured and not liked (e.g. homophobia).

 

[Nincompoop]

It's a social construct to control the population to the government's whim which was first created via the expansion of Christianity during Roman times.

I highly doubt it is 'constructed' by anyone. A society cannot exist without a certain moral.

Imagine a society which had a moral limit so low, that their behavior resulted in more deaths than births? Such a society wouldn't exist for very long. This is why we have moral to a certain degree, it is required for our species to even exist.

Now, other more mundane and trivial morals might be constructed, but moral in itself is an instinctive defense mechanism.

I'm not saying morality is a bad thing, but for a consensus to be achieved, there usually is a uniting body to draw which morals should be shared by all, which should not happen at all and which morals are allowed to be chosen. Sometimes some consensus are obvious enough but some end up being discovered as manufactured and not liked (e.g. homophobia).

I wasn't saying it is good or bad, just that moral is more 'instinctive' and 'evolutionary' than people might think. Some morals obviously are thought out, but most basic morals are simply biological defenses.

But I agree with what you said though.

 

[Riobux]

It's a social construct to control the population to the government's whim which was first created via the expansion of Christianity during Roman times.

I highly doubt it is 'constructed' by anyone. A society cannot exist without a certain moral.

Imagine a society which had a moral limit so low, that their behavior resulted in more deaths than births? Such a society wouldn't exist for very long. This is why we have moral to a certain degree, it is required for our species to even exist.

Now, other more mundane and trivial morals might be constructed, but moral in itself is an instinctive defense mechanism.

I'm not saying morality is a bad thing, but for a consensus to be achieved, there usually is a uniting body to draw which morals should be shared by all, which should not happen at all and which morals are allowed to be chosen. Sometimes some consensus are obvious enough but some end up being discovered as manufactured and not liked (e.g. homophobia).

I wasn't saying it is good or bad, just that moral is more 'instinctive' and 'evolutionary' than people might think. Some morals obviously are thought out, but most basic morals are simply biological defenses.

But I agree with what you said though.

I agree with you mostly, some stuff are instinctive, however our instincts say it's every man for himself usually. It's through social morals socialised into us that we take a few steps back and say "no".

 

[Chase Yojimbo]

It depends what you are asking what is the definition of yours and other peoples Morality? before Socratis, Morality was whether or not you served your God or Goddess in Ancient Greece, most other religions today still follow this Moral System, instead of actually doing something good in the world. Catholics abuse this sytem by saying that if they are forgiven by God, they can practically do anything they please so long as they are 'forgiven'. Socratis however opposed *Greek Religion* this saying that Morality was whether or not you do something good or bad in the world to other people.

Personally, as well as probebly a good portion of people on this god forsaken world, i would have to agree with Socratis.

 

[Marter]

I don't think morals should be boiled down to the society, but more to the individual. I for one, most likely have different morals than many others here, but we many of us live in the same style of society.