Re: Morals
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 16:13:40 -0700
i think morality is something deeper than just taking a bath together or eating snack in class. based on what you said, i think a japanese family in china would still take a bath together regardless of what people would think (given that they IMMIGRATE to china later on in their lives). so that's not really morality, that's CULTURE. and culture, of course one is different from another. but morality has to be something that is true for everyone, regardless of the culture. say, even the chinese or the japanese will not approve rape in the society, regardless of their view on taking bath with opposite sex.
my opinion, is that laws of morality are simply guidelines to live in the society. now, i'm saying laws of MORALITY. not other laws. of course in america you drive on the right side of the road, but this cannot be a guideline in england where everyone drives on the left side of the road. this is what i mean by other laws, not laws of morality. laws of morality would be something like "abortion is a murder," or otherwise since this is true in most if not all society. but even such law of morality has exception. imagine a strict society, in which everyone considers abortion as murder, illegal, immoral, and whatnot. when a woman is raped and the baby endangers her life, even such society would consider making her an exception to this law and let her have abortion anyway. so i think, there is no way to determine ABSOLUTE laws of morality, especially in such a diverse nation as america where everyone is entitled to their own opinions and FIRMLY holds their beliefs. morality is a guideline, and there are certain exceptions that can be made to it.
i think morality is something deeper than just taking a bath together or eating snack in class. based on what you said, i think a japanese family in china would still take a bath together regardless of what people would think (given that they IMMIGRATE to china later on in their lives). so that's not really morality, that's CULTURE. and culture, of course one is different from another. but morality has to be something that is true for everyone, regardless of the culture. say, even the chinese or the japanese will not approve rape in the society, regardless of their view on taking bath with opposite sex.
my opinion, is that laws of morality are simply guidelines to live in the society. now, i'm saying laws of MORALITY. not other laws. of course in america you drive on the right side of the road, but this cannot be a guideline in england where everyone drives on the left side of the road. this is what i mean by other laws, not laws of morality. laws of morality would be something like "abortion is a murder," or otherwise since this is true in most if not all society. but even such law of morality has exception. imagine a strict society, in which everyone considers abortion as murder, illegal, immoral, and whatnot. when a woman is raped and the baby endangers her life, even such society would consider making her an exception to this law and let her have abortion anyway. so i think, there is no way to determine ABSOLUTE laws of morality, especially in such a diverse nation as america where everyone is entitled to their own opinions and FIRMLY holds their beliefs. morality is a guideline, and there are certain exceptions that can be made to it.
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