Is it time we all enforce a more'" moral "society ? If not why not?

Question

Even country clubs have rules? and are enforced.

At least in the church'{we must have some place to help us and our children}

Answer 1

Enforcing a moral society → yes.
Enforcing religious morals → hell no.

Answer 2

I think we all have to deal with too many laws already, laws that are based on the opinions and morals of a few. I think it is time we all started taking responsibility for the mess we find ourselves in and each of us needs to act to do what we can to change it. Enforcing "morals" is a useless thing, for no two people carry the same morals. That is why this "politically correct" business is making so many crazy.
I think we all of us already know the difference between what is right and what is wrong, it is time for all of us to start living like we actually do know that, and expect the same from those around us. Shun those who work to their own benefit and to the detriment of the rest of mankind.

Answer 3

The problem with this comes when you decide what level of morality to enforce.

Who decides? Religious leaders? That's a tough one because even the major religions do not agree on many things.

Sure it's easy to agree on things like violent crimes, rape, etc. But how about gay marriage?

How about divorce? I've heard that the divorce rate is roughly 50%, yet some religions say that divorce and especially remarraige after divorce is morally wrong. So who makes that call?

Instead of using a term as ambiguous as moral, how about people just work on being nice to each other.

Answer 4

Enforcing morality is like having a fox guard chickens.

Who will do the enforcing? Who enforces their morality?

The problem is the human heart (mind). You cannot enforce what a person thinks and does not think.

Answer 5

Whose morality would you enforce? Morality is a personal matter in a free society. If you want morality enforced, move to Saudi Arabia.

Answer 6

I just answered a question like this. =/

Morals are relative; So something like that is impossible. Even people with similar morals have differ ant beliefs somewhere. I think we can both agree, regardless of age, religion, etc, that murder is immoral, however, our beliefs may differ greatly on issues that masquerade as moral issues, such as gay rights, abortion, stem cell research, and other things of that sort.

I really don't know why people can't just answer to themselves, why do we need government, or for that matter religion, handing us a book based on our "leaders" moral values, incompatible with our personal values. That tells us what we must do to be a "good" person, where typically, that which masquerades as "good" is usually intolerance, idiocy, or evil in disguise.

Answer 7

We have had only 30+ years of PC society screeching & preaching "no moral absolutes". They took prayer out of the schools, they took The 10 Commandments out of the schools, they quite expecting/demanding honorable behavior from students and parents; couples divorce because one or the other wants to "party & fool around"; parents toss the rearing and care of their children on whoever is handy....

Now the jails are full to bursting with conscienceless people who have killed someone for the change in their pockets or the sneakers on another kids' feet; kids are shooting up schools, teachers, and classmates without guilt or conscience because they were ignored or disliked; young girls are sexually active with multiple males and aborting innocent unborn babies without a shrug; pedophiles in the Catholic Church are molesting their parishoners children without a thought & the church is covering for them...

Ohhhhh yeah, I think a moral code is necessary to the survival of any and all nations. Because without a moral compass chaos reigns supreme.

Answer 8

Whose morals?

Those of our forefathers that enslaved black people,
those that kept women in their place.
those that enslaved Japanese Americans during the war.
Those that had "separate but equal" drinking foutains for black people.
Those that employed child labor in the early days of the industrial revolution.

I think a moral society is one that does not judge others...but, let each person live their own life without prejudice or fear of retribution.

Basically, your rights end where others begin...so what goes on in my home between two consenting adults is no ones business...we all strive to be good people, and do good to others, and basically do the right thing.....those are the most important morals we need.

Answer 9

Who's moral, and if you enforce someone elses morals on society, wouldn't that be more like a slave, do you really want to live like a slave, a moral slave society is not a good idea.

Answer 10

Moral is a subjective concept.

What may be perfectly moral to me may be 'evil' to the next person.

As an example, I find homosexuality to be moral and perfectly normal. In some places being homosexual is a crime punishable by death.

So who gets to decide which morality society must live up to?

Answer 11

Who's morals are the ones we should enforce?

How will they be enforced? Who will interpret peoples actions to see if they broke these "rules"?

What would YOU consider as proper punishment for being "immoral"?

Only GOD has the right to judge us from a moral perspective.