Do you believe it is your duty to act with moral conscience?

Question

Do you believe that it is your duty to ensure your actions dont harm others? Do you believe it is your duty to help those in need? Do you believe it is your duty to act so as to make the lives of others better? What is moral consince to you?

to comment on morality and ethics:
Yes morality is an entirely personal matter but as soon as you act on your morals you enter the world of ethics. I don't see the purpose of treating them seperately,.

Why is everyone so opposed to any thought which doesn't have their self at the center? All actions don't have to come from your personal desires. Don't be afraid to commit yourself to the word duty, if you can't formulate your beliefs into some kind of duty someway you should act then your beliefs are weak. Duty doesn't mean you have to act that way if it is detrimental to yourself.

Answer 1

What a great question!

I think the we all have a responsibility to treat others with respect and and dignity. To acknowledge each other as individuals with individual needs and feelings probably goes a long way in accomplishing that.
But where do I draw the line between my needs and those of others?
In a perfect world the question would be moot because we would all be looking out for each other.
In our world however it's less clear cut.
Maybe your question is another way of asking " what is the meaning of life?"
Maybe by striving to answer your question we could all learn the answer in a way that rings true to each of us.
Or
Maybe we should simply "Do unto others.....etc.ect."
Thanks for asking the hard question.

Answer 2

First off, there is a difference between morals and ethics. Most people do not know the difference. Morals is a personal matter while ethics is a social realm. A moral conscience would be being true to yourself so yes, I believe in being true to myself. As to behaving in a manner to make others lives better? I believe in manners. By definition manners is making everyone around you as comfortable as possible. Bettering their lives is actually up to them as they have their own karma to work through and they will progress as they learn the lessons presented to them.

Answer 3

Harming others: I would harm others if they needed to be harmed for the benefit of the greater good or their own good, believed that they were doing something for the greater good or their own good, and wanted me to do it. For example, shooting a guy in the head who was going to shoot someone else in the head who was unarmed, or knocking someone out if they were cracy and going to hurt them selves or others. Other than this, I would not.
Help those in need: Only if I am not in need. I can not give some one a dollar If I do not my self have a dollar. Other than that, yeah I would.
Making lives better: To me, that is the point mf my existence, and is the reason thet people exist-simply to perputiate the helping of each other.
Moral consince is-all of the above.

Answer 4

First question: Yes I fully follow the laws.
Second question: To an extent, I will do what I can when I can. I don't cancel my plans or am not a full time volunteer or anything but It is important to me.
Third Question: No, it is not my responsibility, it is something I try to do but everyone knows that it can't always be achieved.
Fourth Question: Moral conscience to me basically distinguishes right from wrong, it helps me make decisions.

Answer 5

Since "morals" differ greatly from one culture to the next as well as one religion to the next and even one neighbourhood to the next - it would be impossible to always act in a way that is morally acceptable to everyone.

If we remain true to our own principles, live by the golden rule, and be the very best person we can be, conscience will not be an issue.

Answer 6

i do believe it is our duty , but i also know that in many cases , it is also a crime do act morally , and in order to follow the law of the land , one must often act against ones own moral standards , which is very wrong if you ask me , from my point of view , the outer expression of true inner freedom is a high crime , punishable by imprisonment and in some cases death.

Answer 7

i ought to say that makes for an enticing project to reconcile both variations. in case you blend both, you get some thing on the breaking point of the reality, presuming that both aspects are authentic. Jefferson, operating example, curiously believed in a god on a conceptual aspect, yet had profound skepticism of prepared faiths. Washington become perhaps Christian of a kind, yet he would not inevitably are growing alongside with the evangelical kinds who figure their little slice of issues has a monopoly on the time period 'Christian', quite in his insistence that america become no longer at Christian usa. Or, they could have pragmatically upped the God content textile of speeches meant for mass intake for politically strategic causes.

Answer 8

Absolutely not. My only duty is to stand up to the immoral, hypocritical, power-mad, and deluded religious fanatics running the world.

Answer 9

duty,duty,duty - you have no duty do what is within your will and do no harm because you wish no harm, help those in need but only if you can.....

Answer 10

i believe our duty is wat we make of it. we feel the need to help so we have no guilt, wen u think of it that way it sounds selfish. it is no ones duty to do good its wat we want to do.
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