Do we need to have a universal moral law? Who dictates morality?Explain you answer. Cite some issues.?

Question

Do we need to have a universal moral law? Who dictates

morality? Explain you answer. Cite some issues.

Answer 1

I think Jefferson said it when he wrote, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness."

Jefferson is saying that there is a Creator who created us for a reason. That statement makes life something sacred, it makes us all brothers and sisters and it acknowledges that God has the authority that we have an obligation to respect.

Jefferson of all people would have found some secular way to express it if he could have.

Answer 2

Morals are based on religious or commonly understood proper personal action by a society; not law. Law determines what is legal and illegal. Both are imposed to control behavior in society. Some, if not most, attorneys don't care about what is moral, they care about the ethical practice of law.

We live in a time when nations cannot even agree what is moral or legal, so, at this time, one would have, what I believe to be, an impossible task trying to enforce a universal moral legal code. Our country doesn't even enforce the law regarding illegal activity perpetrated by its elected officials not to mention overlooking their immoral acts.

One needs to draw the line somewhere regarding the matter of personal morality, but where it should be drawn is the question; one must be very careful when limiting freedoms granted in our constitution regarding censorship and the legal pursuit of happiness.