How do we know what is morally right?

Justme4uok
Northern CA, California USA

Posted: Jun 22, 2008, 9:32 PM CST

HJFinAZ wrote:

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Conrad73
Lonesome Town Zurich , Zrich Switzerland

Posted: Jun 23, 2008, 6:20 AM CST

Morality is a code of values to guide man’s choices and actions; when it is set to oppose his own life and mind, it makes him turn against himself and blindly act as the tool of his own destruction.

Ayn Rand – FOR THE NEW INTELLECTUAL

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munch
T town, Oklahoma USA

Posted: Jun 23, 2008, 6:31 AM CST

Conrad73 wrote:

Morality is a code of values to guide man’s choices and actions; when it is set to oppose his own life and mind, it makes him turn against himself and blindly act as the tool of his own destruction.
Ayn Rand – FOR THE NEW INTELLECTUAL

Sounds about right.

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cristina
Lisbon, Groningen Netherlands

Posted: Jun 23, 2008, 8:32 AM CST

When you don't not jeopardizing anybody including in intellectual terms, you have morals, save justice

The way you live, it's up to you.

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Aries01
Dublin, Dublin Ireland

Posted: Jun 23, 2008, 10:15 AM CST

Portiea wrote:

How do we know what is morally right? Does it change from culture to culture? Does it change from era to era? Are there universal moral rights and wrongs? Is morality based on religious doctrine? Can each individual have their own set of morals?

The best way to judge is to look at it in a perspective which is outside yourself... the lines become blurred I think when we look on things from a selfish perspective... if we can objectively evaluate a situation from an uneffected bystander perspective and still feel comfortable with it, then we are not too far off the mark... empathy is a useful quality also..

Hiya Portiea... hope u'll be back

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irishlass45
Bristol England/Texas USA, Texas USA

Posted: Jun 23, 2008, 10:41 AM CST

Portiea wrote:

How do we know what is morally right? Does it change from culture to culture? Does it change from era to era? Are there universal moral rights and wrongs? Is morality based on religious doctrine? Can each individual have their own set of morals?

I believe as we go through life we are projected with others beliefs but at the end of the day most of us hold tight our morals and i think it is a personal thingy, a very very personal thing. IMO

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Portiea
Konstanz, Baden-Wuerttemberg Germany

Posted: Jun 28, 2008, 12:51 AM CST

irishlass45 wrote:

I believe as we go through life we are projected with others beliefs but at the end of the day most of us hold tight our morals and i think it is a personal thingy, a very very personal thing. IMO

If we are all living life by our own individual moral codes, how can we prevent total chaos?

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HJFinAZ
Sun CIty, Arizona USA

Posted: Jun 28, 2008, 12:54 AM CST

It is a birthright of every human being to be treated with respect & dignity.

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HJFinAZ
Sun CIty, Arizona USA

Posted: Jun 28, 2008, 12:57 AM CST

Conrad73 wrote:

Morality is a code of values to guide man’s choices and actions; when it is set to oppose his own life and mind, it makes him turn against himself and blindly act as the tool of his own destruction.
Ayn Rand – FOR THE NEW INTELLECTUAL