Morality IS different for everyone across the globe. Hearing that caused me to reflect on my own.
Being raised LDS has made a tremendous moral impact on how I treat people. My fathers example is now my own. And my little brother's choices are sadly a reflection upon what I have done and told him to do as well.
I have encouraged him to be "bad" in school to not get bullied anymore. When I say "bad" I mean in a... cool way. He's no bully himself. He's a nicer kid than I am (thank goodness he still followed THAT example). But he sometimes is being someone he's not (If that makes sense). Though that phase is now mostly over, and he gets the respect he deserves from "all" of the stereotypes (so he tells me), he is still occasionally bullied. I guess he's just one of those targets. But hey! at least NOW he's got the whole school on his side and showed those bullies who's boss by numbers and by simply befriending the "scary" kids. Now THAT was a good idea. ;)
But anyway, sorry about getting sidetracked, my morality has changed over the past semester and so has my little brother's (as I am his idol, says my parents). I am glad to be where I am morally now and wish to continue. It's not that hard if you know the W's.
But when it comes to pirating music I still can't quite understand (it is still "stealing").
Oh, and by the way Zach, I would have chosen to the throw the guy off of the bridge. ;)
Hahah, thank you Eric, even though you took away from my presentation, the exact OPPOSITE of what I was arguing. But I suppose that's okay ;) I probably should have made it more clear that I was arguing AGAINST moral relativity, and for it's objectivity.
ReplyDeleteAgreed, excellent presentation, although I'm wondering what the story behind the topic is, since everyone seems to have a fairly good reason why they wanted to explore their subject.
ReplyDeleteThe story behind the topic? Well. That's a tough one. I think about these sorts of things. I am constantly pondering ethical issues from environmental, to animal rights, to human rights, to workers rights, to euthanasia, to abortion, etc etc etc. My life, also, has revolved around religious struggles for the past year or two, and morals are a big part of that. I consider myself a moralist, but I have serious doubts when it comes to theological beliefs/theories. So that contributed to it. And lastly, I spend a great deal of time with philosophy and Psychology, both of which struggle with the topic of morality.
ReplyDeleteShort answer: I am just fascinated with it. Completely fascinated.