what is morality?

Question

what does it mean? i've checkd the dictionary and wikipedia, but i still dnt understand. can anybody give me an example..something easy preferably. sorry :(

Answer 1

I think morality is not doing the things that would make you feel ashamed of yourself; and of not doing something to someone else that would hurt, anger or upset you if it was done to you.

Answer 2

Morals are the values and guidelines that govern your sensibility or mind.
Yes, Morality is d distinguishing between right adn wrong.
The problem is that it is a very individual concept for each person.
Some find any violence morally objectionable.
Some distinguish Some hold that war is the exception. When people seem to have no sense or discernment of what is right and wrong, they are considered to be immoral or have little morality. WHether people agree on the limits of violence or other issues, they all have a sense of justice and fairness which governs their morality. I believe that there are some universal morals:
(as a society)
but, I am not sure.
For example:
most people believe that you should treat people with kindness.
Now, people can squabble over what "kindness" means, but most h feel morally bound to treat people with a marginal amount of kindness.
I can't think of one society that does not value the characteristic of "kindness."
(no jerky an remarks p please).
Anyway, just my $.02

Answer 3

Easy answer? Maybe not. We all know morality, but we can't always explain it. Morality is sort of what basically guides us in how we treat others. Our great God has set in our hearts right from wrong and has given us guidelines to live by....but it is our choice whether to follow them or not(morals). The problem of defining morality is that so many people have strayed from these guidelines while attempting create their own system of morality which would free us (in our minds) from the guilt of hurting and mistreating others....everybody seems to do it on some level....justify our own actions even tho in our hearts we know its wrong....Some extreme examples could be Hitler and Stalin. They both held so-called atheistic viewpoints and attempted to create their own morality in a Godless society....this included murdering millions upon millions of people, and they attempted to convince themselves and others that what they were doing was good for mankind....Yikes! If everyone decided to go with their own system of morals, then we'd have as many systems as we do people....well, you see where this is going? Sorry for rambling.

Answer 4

The word comes from the Latin word for customs, i.e. the fabric of society which holds it together and imposes rules for people to follow in order not to offend their fellow men. It is a code of conduct, but it goes somewhat further.

When “morality” is used in this descriptive way, moralities can differ from each other in their content and in the foundation that members of the society claim their morality to have. It is to be distinguished both from good manners (based on consideration for other people) and the law (which sets standards of behaviour to infringe which leads to punishment. Morality is the conducting of one's ways and behaviour in the manner which one considers right in the sense of responding to the dictates of one's conscience. It is conditioned by the society in which one has been brought up and the system of belief which one subscribes to.

Answer 5

Morality is the practice of distinguishing between what's right or wrong.

Answer 6

Is to live in peace with others.