Real morals don't exist?

Question

I asked about relative morality - and no Christians responded...

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So do real absolute morals not exist? Or do they only exist within the realm of Christianity?

Answer 1

Absolutes require God.

Answer 2

I am not sure what kind of answer you are looking for from a Christian without quoting form the Bible so I will give it my best shot. There is no relative morality... the morality that we should abide to is spelled out in the 10 commandments. Man's law is also based on the law of God at least a lot of them are. I don't think that it is ok for SOME people to lie or steal and then not ok for OTHERS that is what relative morality would mean to mean some things are ok for some but not for others.

Answer 3

Morality its relative to the social acceptance of a group. To say real morals don't exist, is no different than to contest that 'real' names, or words even, do not exist. simply because they lack true definition. Otherwise, morality is a simple lexicon absolved from wisdom, self-restraint, and empathy.

Morality is subjectively known; Morals are objectively taught

When an individual experiences sympathy for another's misfortune, of which they recognize they had either ability, power, or knowledge enough to avoid such misfortune, the individual quite naturally accepts their own behavior modification as a learned moral. Not to just help the other avoid their misfortune, but furthermore, to avoid such disruptive interaction themself.

With this respect, morality can be liken to waypoints on a map... without the waypoint, the relationship of said location still remains, and nothing changes without the definition of morality for the individual whom lives with wisdom; however, to instruct someone to avoid, or rather find, interactions you must first have material to teach...

so morals... like the ten commandments,
are more likely to be an early example of a student textbook, to define points of human relation as topics of curriculum. If you know what not to do, the next question is always why... because for someone with the wisdom and experience of such misfortune, to them, it was more difficult to obtain the realization of what not to do rather than why not to do it...
to the known, morality good or bad is synonymous with wisdom of a consciences individual

considering only the wise define morals to be taught, and if the text is only for the instruction of the student, then it further requires an instructor undoubtedly. In otherwords... the student has subjective morality and is taught by objective morals given as lesson to be further revealed: or rather suffered by to reveal such experience onto theirown.

Answer 4

moral relativity is the view that when it comes to questions of morality, there are no absolutes and no objective right or wrong; moral rules are merely personal preferences and/or the result of one’s cultural, sexual or ethnic orientation.



The problem is that there ARE moral absolutes. There is a right and a wrong which is determined by God's Word and felt in our consciences, which God created.

Answer 5

Morals exist in every religion, but as the Greek philosopher Aristotole pointed out there is a difference between morals and ethics. A person can have good morals yet have bad ethics; and a person could have poor morals yet have really good ethics.

Answer 6

To say that there are no absolute morals is foolishness. In every culture, we find that murder, rape and theft is wrong, just to name a few. To even say that there are no absolutes in life whether it be morality or truth would be an absolute statement in and of itself. This is a self defeating argument that you bring. Evil is divided into three facets. The face of evil, the fact of evil and the feeling of evil. If you choose to say there are no facts or a face for evil, but yet in yourself you find that you feel a dislike for something such as, murder or rape, then you still have to deal with the issue of where those feelings came from. What would your answer be? The answer is an objective moral law innate in humanity.

Answer 7

There are absolute morals as described in scripture;
Matthew 22:36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Jesus tells us that if we do these two things then we are doing the Ten Commandments of Moses.
These are also known as the Golden Rule.
They come from a heart of love that wants to see others profit as we ourselves profit. This gives us reason to perform the works of charity and to give of ourselves as real true Christians.

Answer 8

You cannot be compelled into morality through bribery (heaven) and coercion (hell).

True morality is based on logic and empathy: the empathy to care how your actions affect the rest of the universe and the logic to figure out how they do so.

If religions wanted to teach morality, they would teach logic and empathy instead of obsessing over their mythology.

Answer 9

if morals are to be forced by fear of an imaginary god/greeds of heavens ,,,, then that's really immoral

however, a selfless and hateless service of humanity that is not to gain points off some god is what I call pure morality

Answer 10

I didn't even see the question.

Yes, morals exist.