Where does morality come from?

Question

Is it from God or ourselves or evironment?

Answer 1

I asked this question, more or less, last night and am worn out from discussing it, almost.... ;D

Everything good, including morality, comes from God, and all the way back to Noah, God gave man a common morality, a common sense of himself and what he expected. Some cultures have retained parts of this, and others have lost it.
The conscience can be seared, singed by the world (wanting too much of a good thing), the flesh (our own inherent selfishness) and the Devil (the voice of evil arguing against the conscience.)

A person whose brains have gone haywire is like a person who is asleep, as far as the activity of the conscience is concerned.

Answer 2

I would not say that it is from God because that will require an explanation whether or not God exists.

We, ourselves, being the genetic code inside our body has chemical compositions which trigger our brain when an event happens. It can either make us feel good, bad, indifferent, or whatever emotion. That itself is instinct.

Our environment in theory is what makes our morality. An infant over time probably will crush anthills. The mother (shaped by society) and society itself will time after time show the child that that is wrong. That is the concept of environmental influence. These series of reprimandings or commendings will stay in our subconscious. Our logical cognition will relate similar events (in the child's case, maybe breaking something) and we will subconsciously learn from our mistakes (in an almost most literal sense).

For all practical purposes without the Christian "God controls all" view, it's a mutually dependent combination of both ourselves and environment.

Answer 3

My morality comes from deep within my heritage is the best way I can explain it. My 4 grandparents lived moral lives and they were the example I desired to follow, a little bit of them is part of me. They set a good example that I want to follow. Another little part of my morality comes from my reverence for the teaching of the Bible. From the three choices you ask about I'd say from God and the environment (meaning other people practicing morality for us to see), not from ourselves because I think we do learn it.

Answer 4

Morality comes from the ability to observe options and the need to choose which is best where the alternative is ultimately between life and death, existence and oblivion. Reality is the final arbitrator and what determines whether our choices are right or wrong by virtue of the consequences of our actions.

Answer 5

I think we are born pure. It is life (negative or positive)--the examples we are exposed to--that train us, then guide us, either consciously, or unconsciously, into what we become--'til the age of 15; then, I think we have the power to reason for ourselves.

Hopefully, if our training and guidance was positive, we will then, on our own, continue to grow in morality. If not, hopefully, we will, seek out goodness on our own, and change our ways. So, I think, first that it is inborn--we come from God, then our environment affects us; but, ultimately, it is our own volition which is the deciding factor in our turning toward God, or away from Him and His Teachings..

Answer 6

My sense of morality comes from understanding the suffering of those around me. Religion works as a placebo for easing the pains of others but has nothing to do with real humanity...
I would say that people can find their sense of morality when they find empathy.

Answer 7

Imagine if all people that were born would not die. there would be no room for all of us.

Why didn't God bring couple of people on earth, gave them immortality and took away fertility instead of creating the cycle of life and death. Who knows?
but if it was for that, you and I wouldn't be here.

Answer 8

People set the standards as to what's acceptable by other people.

Answer 9

GOD is the author of good and good is moral. God is good. All that he does is good.

Answer 10

Environment and culture