This is to everyone, I'm curious, what makes you stay in line morally?
who judges your moral infractions?
2007-11-18 19:56:32 · 19 answers · asked by ready_and_willing00 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
And do not say the law, laws have nothing to do with this.
2007-11-18 19:56:51 · update #1
My parents and the media.
I guess my peers and family judge my moral infractions....but whatever, I'll do what I like and if they don't like it...too bad.
2007-11-18 19:59:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Logic and common sense. Also The Golden Rule. And of course , law of the land.
Anyone with a brain knows that the right thing to do is always the obvious thing to do.
You find a wallet, you turn it into the police station. You see someone break the law, you call the authorities. If you see an accident happen, call 9/11. Fire, the same thing.
cool heads and common sense and logic, prevail every time.
2007-11-18 20:23:28 · answer #2 · answered by moonbaby 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most people's moral foundation is one of feelings.
We feel bad if we are dishonest and good if we do some good deed. Society, including our parents of course, trains us in feelings. We have the mental capacity to imagine ourselves in the shoes of others, so we have the capacity for empathy and sympathy. Society uses those natural capacities to make us feel good or bad. Society also uses our natural desire for acceptance to train us.
The feeling of fear is a large part. We fear discovery of bad behavior because of the consequences, e.g. loss of reputation, loss of acceptance.
The ability of society to impose behavior is independent of what is moral. It is called moral, but it is just behavior imposed through training. That is why slavery in the US south was morally acceptable prior to the Civil War, for example.
We judge our own moral infractions and (big surprise here) we always judge ourselves as at least basically good. I've read that even criminals plotting their next crime think themselves to be basically good.
2007-11-19 22:14:47 · answer #3 · answered by Matthew T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the ten commandments is a pretty good moral base. They really aren't things you shouldn't do. Coveting I could see people getting away with. But stealing and killing. Definitely a no-no. Also I just follow the golden rule
2007-11-18 20:17:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes I feel things are moral when the bible says they're not, and vice versa. Thus, there's no way morality comes from a common god for all mankind.
My morals come from what people I respect tell me and my own experience.
2007-11-18 20:02:12 · answer #5 · answered by foru0810 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Before I do anything important I figure out whether what I'm doing is going to help people or hurt people, then if it's going to hurt me or help me. I judge my own moral infractions.
agnostic/bill hicks follower
2007-11-18 20:05:12 · answer #6 · answered by Josh F 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I judge my own morals. I try to always ask myself before I do something, "How would I feel if I was on the receiving end?"
2007-11-18 19:59:46 · answer #7 · answered by Harry 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I believe that God has placed His morals and values into everyone's heart. Resistance to them leads one to become desensitized and immoral.
The Bible restores these morals and values in his people.
2007-11-18 20:06:55 · answer #8 · answered by TBEau 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The way I was raised and the laws of my city, province and country. Those are quite enough rules to keep me in line.
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2007-11-18 20:02:02 · answer #9 · answered by Safe Sax 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Moral comes from fear, existance and greed! You yourself can/will/should judge.
2007-11-18 22:30:37 · answer #10 · answered by shanky_andy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋