Basic Morality.Do people not know what is good for them.
2007-12-12 05:26:48 · 12 answers · asked by G 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
We are misguided because we lost touch with the greater consciousness that we are a part of. We let preachers and teachers tell us what life is. We have what it takes to guide ourselves through it without causing pain.
2007-12-12 06:02:18 · answer #1 · answered by St.Anger 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Great question! People know what they want, but not what is best for them. The virtues, that Plato refers to, are still what makes a human animal most excellent at being a human. How many of us know how to be Temperate, Just, Beautiful, Brave, and Wise? How many of us care to try to find out? Most would rather let Jesus do it for them.
I wanted to add for all those out there who think they know what they should do, but don't do it for some other reason: Do you know anyone who chooses evil and pain over good and pleasure? No one would choose pain or a known evil over a pleasure or a pain. They are doing what they think is best, but not what they wish. Because no one wishes for evil.
2007-12-12 13:35:52 · answer #2 · answered by Sowcratees 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We can't be misguided because we are not guided.
Human existence is arbitrary and a matter of fatalism.
We invented religion and politics and art in order to bring order to the chaos of existence.
The reason we still feel unguided and uncertain in a world full of rules and laws and doctrines and beliefs is that we retain our greatest freedom in spite of everything...free will.
Give that up...and you will be forever guided...in someone elses direction....forever.
2007-12-12 13:33:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Climb the Highest Mountain," Mark Prophet, "Man, Master of His Destiny," O. M. Aivanhov, and "Men in White Apparel," Ann Ree Colton, indicate how relative good and evil influence behavior.
"Expecting Adam," Martha Beck, Ph.D., and "The Great Divorce," C. S. Lewis, indicate how some make right choices.
cordially,
j.
2007-12-12 16:42:10 · answer #4 · answered by j153e 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that each of us knows what we should and shouldn't be doing...but, at times, make exceptions to the rules we've put in place for ourselves.
For instance, I know I should be eating more healthily, getting more exercise, and kicking the smoking habit. However, I'm not taking the necessary steps to follow this. I want to live, and be healthy...yet, my willpower is apparently not that strong.
2007-12-12 13:37:38 · answer #5 · answered by I Heart Holidays... 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is basic morality? It seems to me that there are so many interpretations that it makes my head spin.
You see:
Vegetarians will say that people who eat meet are immoral.
Some Muslims will say that all Western woman are immoral because they show their face in public.
I would say that all religions are immoral because they tell people to accept without question.
and so on....
2007-12-12 13:56:46 · answer #6 · answered by Freethinking Liberal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe poeople do but the lure of excitement by living outside the box can be very tempting
2007-12-12 13:37:22 · answer #7 · answered by Barbarian 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just because you know what is good for you doesn't mean you are going to do the right thing.
2007-12-12 14:14:37 · answer #8 · answered by Sage Daily 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think people do not acknowledge the consequences until it is too late.
2007-12-12 13:36:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think we do know what is good for us, i think we just want what feels good
2007-12-12 13:36:51 · answer #10 · answered by lucky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋