And I am not implying that God should be the judge. I mean among humans who is to be the judge?
2006-10-05 10:05:49 · 12 answers · asked by Ylia 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Try I. Kant's Critique of Reason w/ the Universal Imperative. It is time/space relevant. Only act as you would have others act towards you.
2006-10-05 11:06:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is up to the individual, BUT as we learned in school we all give much of that power to the law where we live. You have given implied consent to be governed by the law of your town, city, country. Whether that is wrong or right it is fact. If you don't want to give in to the values that you think are wrong you do have the ability to make a statement. Those who do have to be ready for criticism, arrest, people turning their backs to you, the list goes on and on. I think morals and values come from within but need to conform somewhat to the general consenus -- SOMEWHAT. We should judge ourselves but not be left to govern ourselves. A typical human is not as bright as we would hope and history shows us we do not act appropriately when left to run amok. You should take an historic goverment class it is really fascinating and you may come up with your own answer.
2006-10-05 17:41:45 · answer #2 · answered by StarrLite 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What makes you think that morals differ from country to country? What differs is the rationalizations and justifications people use for what they do. Try to go beyond sociological baffelgab and get to the real and universality of human behavior.
2006-10-05 17:31:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No human is the judge, just the word of God. In every religion, there are common morals. It isn't so hard to know right from wrong. Love one another, build up, don't destroy, find reasons for peace, not dissention- you know.
2006-10-05 17:19:49 · answer #4 · answered by catarina 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No one can judge. It's a reason why genital mutilation in Africa is such a key issue among sociologists: who are we to say it's wrong? That would be ethnocentric. Different countries, different rules. But, let's face it, everyone is a judge.
2006-10-05 17:12:45 · answer #5 · answered by hvjhv 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God the Father of all creations which is in each and every one of us and in everything else. So the answer is The Father which it's morals are followed by your inner conscious. In other words, your guts. When you do something good/positive you feel great. And when you do bad/negative you feel like s*!t and guilty. That's when you know right from wrong.
Love God with all your heart, with all your might, with all your soul. Love thy neighbor as yourself.
2006-10-05 17:33:03 · answer #6 · answered by WWJD: What Would Joker Do? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If we assume that what hurts us will hurt others, and what we dislike is disliked by others (I'm not referring to deviates now!)
and we don't do those things to others we will be all right. Spot on. We humans have the ability to imagine ourselves in the shoes of our fellow humans so there is not even a problem.
2006-10-06 01:56:50 · answer #7 · answered by Freddy F 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in context - you go with the flow, if you are respectful then you consider the feeling and morals of the company you keep
2006-10-05 17:36:14 · answer #8 · answered by lola_r_hamster 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
what is wrong in some countries may be right in others, we are not to judge them, that is their way of life, we leave them alone, they leave us alone.
2006-10-05 19:19:21 · answer #9 · answered by Ann B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say you can always count on the religious right/fanatics and the republicans to help you there - That's "WHO".
2006-10-07 11:41:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋