Why is morality so lacking in people?

Question

How can immorality and non-ethics be rectified and what are their impacts on others.

Answer 1

If it were as lacking as you seem to think, we would all be killing each other and society as we know it couldn't exist. There will always be a few people who take advantage of the rest of us -- that's what prisons are for.

Answer 2

Answer 1: Because our role models are people like George Bush or Jim Baker.

Answer 2: Because technically "morality" doesn't exist. The moral judgements that we make are actually psychological projections of our own repressed feelings onto people on events external to ourselves. So in effect, what we perceive as moral failings in others are actually things about ourselves that we can't accept so we project them onto others.

As for rectifying the situation, you can take the Republican/Sadaam Hussein approach and legislate behavior. This doesn't make people more moral but it scares them into "pretending" to be more moral. Or you can take the approach advocated by Jesus, Buddha, Krishnamurti, Ghandi, etc. and resolve that you can not change others, but that you can foster change in yourself (to borrow a profound line from Michael Jackson, "If you wanna make the world a bet-ta place, take a look at yourself and make a change").

Answer 3

Immorality exists because we are not living the life of needs and wants. We are trying to fulfil ourself according to the society's wish and tastes. Society is ugly and competetive. The only way to rectify our mistake is by disengaging ourself from society.

Answer 4

One big reason is because morality is not a defined set of behaviours. Moral guidance in its entirety cannot be found in a single reference, so cannot be easily understood and followed by everyone. Some religions tend to use their holy books as their single reference, but I think most of the world would agree that there is no single source of knowledge when it comes to morality. So in knowing this, where to we learn our morals? Mostly from our parents, family, friends, and community, but as we get older, we must become responsible for our own actions and decide what morals to follow. So the best way we can rectify morals is to first do it within ourselves, making ourselves the best example and if it is a truly superior morality that we have, then people will follow our lead naturally.

So in short, we must fix our own personal morals before we look to correct other peoples'. And no one is perfect....

Answer 5

It is because of lack of data. Power with out ethics collapses or
becomes dictatorship. No knowledge can be effective with out the presence of ethics.( Re: Introduction to Scientology Ethics book ).

Ciao......John-John.

Answer 6

We justify our free will (selfishness). We worship the word free will as intelligence. We do what we want to do and it must be immediate, we are just thinking favorable returns in what ever we do. Whatever we do is only for our stupid self. This what we call free will is on the loose, we believe it is our right and our freedom in our lifetime.

Answer 7

morality as defined by what ?If we are talking about the basic civics of a society then on ta daily basis we are not so bad.. if you are referring to religious non conformity ten that is an entirely different question and answer..

Answer 8

I think the #1 reason is religion. If people started thinking about realistic consequences rather than fictional ideas from extremely outdated books the world would be alot safer.

Answer 9

No emphasis on religion in society

Answer 10

people tend to be an idiot at times... i don't even think if morality still exists!