Do you determine what is morally right or wrong based on religion, philosophy, your own ideas? What are the guiding principles?
2006-11-07 14:08:51 · 11 answers · asked by Mariposa 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
For clarification: I'm not asking others to tell me what I should do. I'm genuinely curious about how other people make this determination.
I only have one rule in my system of morality, and all details extend naturally from it: Do not hurt people intentionally or knowingly. ("People" includes me)
2006-11-07 14:32:55 · update #1
The consequences of my actions. If I do something that hurts or upsets another and I see that it hurts or upsets them, then I know that it is the wrong thing to do. Also, if I don't want to have it done to me, then I know for sure that it is the wrong thing to do to another.
2006-11-07 14:31:23 · answer #1 · answered by tomleah_06 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I depend on my own moral baseline, or opinions I suppose, to determine my sense of morality. I am the one who has to live with it. I do not cheat, I do not deliberately hurt another, I do provide food to people who need it, I do help heal a wounded soul when I can. I believe we all need to take a walk in each other's shoes and I try to do that daily. I gues it is a 'do on to others as you would have them do on to you' thing. There is only one exception, I don't want any publicity or credit or acknowledgement from anyone when I can help out. That's its own reward.
2006-11-07 22:14:48 · answer #2 · answered by swarr2001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Holy Spirit
2006-11-07 22:10:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you read a book about Ethics it should answer all your questions. It will show you what is right for you as a person. Morality is not about sex, it's about how you live your life and how you relate to other people. How you think and how you act. Good luck.
2006-11-07 22:16:17 · answer #4 · answered by ideflitch 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I base mine on God's word and the law of the land. I try to live my life based on principals in the Bible, whether it be finances, health, relationships with others, respecting authority, or maintaining my belongings.
But I also look to our laws. If it says "do not feed the bears" then I'm not going to feed the bears.
2006-11-07 22:42:14 · answer #5 · answered by Terri 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someones morality can be determined by what they do. not what they believe.
2006-11-07 22:25:47 · answer #6 · answered by Mikey Boy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I don't want it done to me or mine, I don't do it. Plain and simple
2006-11-07 22:32:40 · answer #7 · answered by Black Dragon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use Abraham Lincoln's system. "When I do good I feel good and when I do bad I feel bad, and that is my religion."
2006-11-07 22:10:44 · answer #8 · answered by Kathryn™ 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Your upbringing
2006-11-07 22:10:43 · answer #9 · answered by Up your Maslow 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
what ever I think of at the time
2006-11-07 22:12:08 · answer #10 · answered by The gr8t alien 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋