what are morals?

Question

i need to write a paper identifying morals and arguing whether i should retain them or amend them. however, i cannot come up with a clear definition of morals. how would you guys answer this question

Answer 1

Rules to help us live righteously.

Answer 2

Morals are a very individual thing. It depends a lot on your upbringing,religion and other factors. What may be moral for some is sin to another. To quote a learned person-Morals are a way behaving that does not infringe on someone else's rights.

Answer 3

Morality is the belief that there is a correct order to the universe. That the "universe is on the side of justice" (Martin Luther King, Jr).

It is the belief that we have an obligation to a higher moral authority than ourselves.

It is the idea that sympathy and empathy are emotions but emotions that stem from this higher moral authority.

That compassion and mercy in turn stem from sympathy and empathy and are therefore also grounded in this higher moral authority. Therefore the Golden Rule is not optional but is backed by a higher moral authority.

That all of us spring from a common creation and we are all therefore brothers and sisters.

All of us who believe in God see Him as that higher moral authority. Those who reject God have no foundation for a higher moral authority and their whole moral framework is therefore firmly planted in mid-air.

Answer 4

Whatever code it is that you live your life by, is your moral code and set of personal behaviors and ethics.

Those things that we feel as individuals are either right or wrong for us to do, no matter what anybody else says or does, is our own moral compass. Our compass, our innate sense of human rightness in how we interrelate to others, governs us in everything we do and don't do in life.

Answer 5

founded on the fundamental principles of right conduct rather than on legalities, enactment, or custom: moral obligations.

morals, principles or habits with respect to right or wrong conduct.

Maybe you can find the right understanding and information needed for your work in some of these links.

Answer 6

the moral significance or practical lesson (as of a story)
a passage pointing out usually in conclusion the lesson to be drawn from a story
2 plural a: moral practices or teachings : modes of conduct

Answer 7

Simple: standards of living which consist of what is considered a basic description of what's right and wrong according to a society or an individual.

Answer 8

I don't know...I don't have any. LOL J/K

Morals are basically what you believe to be right or wrong. Living correctly in your own eyes. What is not moral for someone may be ok for someone else.

Answer 9

Morals are your belifes on how you should live your life. for instance a lot of people have the moral of no haveing sex before marrige.

Answer 10

A code of ethics and principals to live life as gracious as we
choose to live up to, hopefully to the best of our ability, begining with self respect and respect of others.