Posted on Jan 20, 2014
Are standards created through choice (majority rule), human rules, or values from a moral standard?
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Why are easy questions hard to answer honestly into days Society? Is it because if we answer to our moral beliefs we are looked as prejudice or haters? Let's talk about this a little bit. I think this can help us realize why standards are being either abused or over looked.
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It should be values taught at home while growing up, but society has changed so much towards the "me" generation that it is no longer about be proper home training, plain and simple.
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CW2 Jonathan Kantor
Values and morality change with each generation. It's easy to put down the succeeding generation. that's certainly how the Baby Boomers see Generation X. The 'me' generation as you put it is just like the generations that preceded it. Change is not bad, so long as it is progressive change.
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Morality is different for everyone. Some people find it moral to eat people, most do not. It depends on the zeitgeist where you grew up, whether or not you are a sociopath, how you perceive the world, and how your parents raised you. A lot of Americans follow the moral guidance of the bible, but most of them do so differently from others. Case in point, the Westboro Baptist Church. I doubt there is anyone on here who would say they thought their behavior was moral.
Morality is subjective and far from absolute.
Morality is subjective and far from absolute.
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SFC Mancuso, ethically speaking, I am a moral absolutist and a proponent of the Divine Command Theory. As such, I believe that man-created standards are morally neutral. I really think that my creator doesn't have anything against people putting their hands in their pockets, so the standards themselves have no moral value whatsoever.
Now, whether or not to follow those man-created standards is another matter. As a Divine Command Theorist I believe that it is morally correct to obey those appointed over us.
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I think, all things are configured with moral inspiration. The question is not everyone believes in a God, were moral beliefs are created (10 Commandments). I do! I also believe standards set by a group of people should be followed if you want to be apart of that group. I do not think the group should change there standards because an outsider said it should be changed. I think if any change is to be made it should come from the group that lives by it, not from someone who don't.
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