What are morals? Can morals be different for different individuals? Kindly explain.?

Question

I need to know this please explain - thanks

Answer 1

Morals are the codes of behavior (what is and is not allowed) that are set forth by religions and cultures.

They can be personal, but are more often based on the society (culture or religion) in which the person lives.

Morals are NOT universal. What is required by one religion or culture may be immoral to another religion or culture.

Answer 2

Many people approach the study of values and ethics with a lot of doubt. "I always try to do the best; I do nothing wrong." "What's wrong with my morals?" "I attend church regularly," or "I've never been arrested, so why do I need to study philosophy and ethics?" are questions students often ask. These are good questions or observations, and asking someone to systematically study ethics is not implying he or she is immoral. Our values, both moral and nonmoral, were acquired along with our basic language and socialized behaviors when we were young children and come from some very strong traditions that are part of our societies and our cultures. Law, religion, our family, and our peer groups all tell us what we ought to do, but following these more traditional "oughts" does not necessarily constitute a moral life. A great number of people, however, do live long and useful lives without ever consciously defining or systematically considering the values or moral rules that guide their social, personal, and work lives. During most of our lives, we simply decided what was right and did it. Our moral decisions were often little more than the proverbial coin toss or approached mostly from self-interest and egoism. Decision and action, however, are the core of moral decision making and most of us already have some practice at it. Being moral is like any art: The more practice and the deeper understanding we have, the better we become. The more in-depth, sustained reflection we require of ourselves, the better artist we become. The study of ethics would seem to be a rather worthless undertaking if decisions about right and wrong did not influence our behavior. Many people believe that without a religious framework, the only possible conclusion is that all morality is nothing more than a human construct without any objective existence. In other words, what morality a person or a culture accepts is like picking a favorite flavor of ice cream. Some individuals prefer strawberry ice cream, other individuals prefer chocolate, and no person’s preference is "more correct" than another’s. In a similar manner, they argue, different individuals and different societies have various favorite moral belief systems, and just as with ice cream, no particular set of moral beliefs is "more correct" than any other. We could talk about the facial expressions or the verbal sounds which the prisoner will make. However, this is not really describing what suffering feels like, since an actor can produce exactly the same symptoms without feeling any suffering, and since it is possible to feel suffering while not displaying any of these characteristics. We can talk about phenomena such as an increased heart beat or respiration. However, this does not tell us what suffering feels like either, since it is also possible to have these symptoms without suffering and to suffer without showing these symptoms. We could attempt to describe suffering as the firing of a particular group sensory neurons in a particular way. However, this too will not give us the answer we seek. We could remove those neurons and place them in a test tube. Having those sensory neurons fire in exactly the same way in the laboratory would not involve any suffering. Simply knowing that these sensory neurons are firing, or knowing any of these mentioned measurable physical characteristics, would not really tell us what suffering "feels like".

Answer 3

Second question is easier - yes.

For the first, people write treatises on the subject, and debate it in sociological and theological journals. The common ground, as best I can tell, is that morals are the framework against which right and wrong, good and bad, are measured.

At what level morals are determined is also up for debate: are morals determined by the tribe? community? society? nation? religion?

Being highly influenced by Heinlein at an early age, I believe morals are determined by the individual. Many individuals decide to purchase pre-manufactured package deals.

Answer 4

Morals can be different between individuals. Someone may feel one thing is morally wrong, while another does not.

Society, by majority of views, usually decides what is morally acceptable for that society, or as far as laws are concerned.

An example could be the reason you don't beat your dog. You could most likely get away with it, but you feel it is wrong, so you don't do it. Your "morals", through your conscience, tell you it is wrong.

Answer 5

Morals are like your values and how you think someone should act,
everybody has there on morals some believe its alright to act wildly around children while others think a person should be modest. Morals are a good thing to have and it depends on the person to decide there own

Answer 6

morals are the set of values and beliefs that you follow and believe in they help mold you in every decision you make
everyone can have different values morals and ehtics and some have none they make thier choices and decisions based on nothing other then whatever goal they want to obtain at the time

Answer 7

Morals are what you think is right and wrong in your heart and the way you live.
They can be different when they are raised differently or not taught right from wrong.

Morals is one of the things i admire the most. That and Honor.
God bless