What does morality truly mean to you? Define morality, according to your understanding.?

Question

Also, has the 'scope' of morality undergone change with changing times? What is the importance, relevance, and significance of morality in the world that we inhabit today?

Answer 1

The 'changing times', the speed of changes, with all the complexities, has made this concept very very vague, confusing, and therefore perhaps, even tempts us to look at it as irrelevant , especially when legislation is being bull-dozed by vested interests, to also make it so complex, that the guilt-feeling of non-compliance could be 'encashed' at will by the law-making-parasitical-politicians!
So, to look at it in a simple way, any morality has to pass the test of being non-parasitical, in any way, whatever it takes. Indeed a very difficult proposition, but that is how it is! "We are not required to live for others, or expect others to live for us"(again, leaning upon objectivist philosophy!).

Answer 2

Morality Means

Answer 3

People may change their "defination" of morality with changing times, but in fact moral values never change.Changing times does not imply that "morality" also ought to change.
Morality is highly significant and relevant in the world today, because moral value(s) are what set us apart from animal behaviour. In the world today and especially media, much hedonistic and un- human like behaviour is propagated in the name of "liberalism" and "progress". Such cheap things will only seek to degrade the society further in which we live. Morality cannot be toned down irrespective of the technological advancement a society makes, because in the end what matters is how we live. And when we live by morals and values, we are humans.
If we do not seek to teach ethics, values and other morals in college, that we are not passing on the message which is infact the most important for a society to even exist respectfully.Other wise we are heading towards self-destructive motivations, in the garb of so-called "liberalism".We can see this happening, if we don't act soon.

Answer 4

Morality is the wonderful image created in one's mind for doing only good and nothing other than good.

Morality has changed significantly with changing times.
It is trampled down by the powerful Immorality.

The importance,relevance, and significance of morality in the world that we inhabit today may not pay rich dividend immediately but in the long run reward is a certainty.

Answer 5

Morality means upholding the truth and performing meritorious deeds. Morality is a divine concept that is a constant and cannot change with changing times. Today's world is a direct consequence of man's declining moral standards, if man once again raises his standard of morality the world shall be a better place to live. Importance, relevance and significance of morality is same as TRUTH, but the greed of man brought a bad name to morality and truth, both of which are being compromised and subjugated in the name of modernity, man is totally ignoring the fact that morality and truth are timeless concepts and ignoring such sublime concepts will result in the annihilation of mankind.

Answer 6

"Morality" is a devine action which comes as a pulse in your thoughts, and works. Morality is a character of Humen which is natural and devine, and not bounded by religion , country, or the ethinicity. I feel that good society & education somehow helps to improve the morality, however, the major part comes from natural soul of the individuals. This is the secret which nobody can reveals perfectly that what is the origin of kindness and good character in the some humen, while not much in some other humen. But, only the increment in the morality cans ave the races, humanity, and lives.

Answer 7

Morality means the wisdom to differentiate between the right and the wrong.
It varies from people to people, as it is totally individualistic; what may seem right to someone may seem wrong to another, so it cannot be defined in words.
Change is the only constant, everything changes with changing times. People have evolved and so has their opinion and knowledge, today we are more open to new ideas, experiments, thus the outlook has changed and hence the virtue of morality has also changed. eg. what may seem wrong 10 years back is no longer considered as wrong, so its evolved.
Morality is important to live and evolve as a mature individual, who by the same can bring about a change in humanity at large!

Answer 8

To me morality means to encourage the goodness within you,to overcome your negative instincts and behave in a manner that will help build a beautiful society.
Just behaving in accordance with the changing society does not
justify ones wrong behaviour. Right will always remain right and so Wrong.
The teachings of bible did not changed with the changing society nor of the kuran or bhagvadgita. Yes the scope of morality have definitely changed with the changed society.We humans have modified it according to are needs.Just because you are poor does not justify your killing or robbing to fulfill your need nor does your sleeping with some other man because your husband don t perform in bed.We blindly accept so many things today as social norms.But we never give it a thought that is it normal.Today in a society where all the bad is considered as norms really require strong morals.We are blindly accepting the weastern culture and the day is not far when the child in our society will not know who his father is neither his mother.

Answer 9

Morality is the assessment of right and wrong or good and evil. As far as the 'scope' of morality and its variations in changing times. I believe that mankind has interpreted morality in different ways at different times with a few major changes, and many small variances. However, I think the real meat and potatoes of the argument is whether morality is absolute or relative. Now we have already established that mankind has responded to morality in a relative fashion, but does that equate that morality is relative? Not necessarily. It just depends on what being is the highest authority. If there is a God, then He obviously is the highest authority and thus morality is absolute, and humans reactions and assessments on morality have no authority behind them so the fact that humans act relatively is irrelevant and makes no impact on the debate. If there is no God then humans are the highest authority on the subject, then we are infact "our own God" and in that case morality is unbelievably relative considering that there are upwards of 7 billion "gods" on the planet. Neither is exactly easy to swollow. In todays culture the idea of humility and reverance is not popular. So admitting that we are wrong and believing in a right or wrong that might at times go against our passions or selfish wants is not a popular idea. On the other hand I don't think the alternative will be to people's liking either. Making morality a 'people's choice' type thing will put social morality in the hands of the media or those in power. I don't think people like to think of morality as something without any meaning behind it, which is what it would be if we are all that is behind it. I also don't think people would like to look at morality as everyone's opinion is equal. For example, take a student, who is the smartest kid in her class. The teacher asks the class to do a paper on whether justice and morality are absolute or relative. She spends much more time on her paper researching, revising, and editing to put together a perfect paper, and from a writing perspective her paper is the best paper in the class. Her conclusion was that morality and justice are relative. When she gets her paper back she gets an F. She is extremely angry and demands the teacher explain himself. The teacher says "What is a matter? Are you not pleased with your grade? I just don't like blue ink." (she had wrote her name in blue ink) Then she realized that she believed in absolute justice and absolute right and wrong. People only believe in relative right and wrong until they are wronged, then they are convinced that right and wrong is unquestionable. To end it, I believe in God so I believe in absolute morality. Others are free to choose otherwise.

Answer 10

Morality is the reflection of the humaness and respect shown to an individual from the time he or she is born.
Every individual, no matter what caste, creed, nationality, should be given equal status.
Difference in merits should be only in accordance of efforts put in by a person in their works.
Morality to me speaks of principles in life which makes or breaks a person.
It is because of some people in society who don't let the less fortunate in life live normally, morality breaks all bonds.
If you ask me how come the rich have defied morality, you have to remember that it has come to them from the first person in the family tree who started in small ways, and gathered up space and style.
The world is definately seeing a change in the morals of living today.
Is education today paving a road to destruction of morality? How come people use intelligence to make war equipment, to grade humans, to decide on which colour of skin is acceptable to society, etc.
So how come anyone can expect a lay person to keep to his or her morals.

I have a lot more to say on this subject but running short of time as i have to leave office now. But i feel good i was able to voice my opinion.

Answer 11

I know what morality isn't. Morality is not obeying rules from an archaic, outdated book.

People assume morality only exists in humanity. Humans may have refined it, but there is a good reason, for example, that a pack of wolves do not rip each other to pieces...

Basic morality would abide by the Golden Rule, originally laid forth by Confucious, I beleive. However, the world must be viewed in shades of grey.