sapphi_snake said:
First of all, there's no such thing as a soul. Second of all what you're saying (to be loved and fully respected as a person) is really nice, and probably the best one invented by humans (in my opinion), but not all humans share this view, and a moral system cvan only be adopted if there is consensus, and there isn't consensus yet between all the cultures in the world. They're not really independent of time, place or context. You can't judge people from other ages or other countries, by using your moral standars. That's one of the biggest mistake one can make. |
I actually think there is! :)
But instead of that you can the "sentimental" side.
It`s a very "dangerous" thing to let morality be the result of a concensus. They aren`t meant to be voltatile in that way: it could mean that what is right today is forgotten tomorrow. Moral values are for every single person to make it their own or not.
Morality reports to the highest human values that we can comprehend; they are born from the essence of humanity: love, dignity, freedom, respect, reason, feelings, etc. Yes, there are a number of morals, but if they can`t be born from that premiss they aren`t of great value. So they need to "be" before a place, a time or context.
Actually i do prefer the term ethics as it is something that`s stronger that the morality ideas.
I have a catholical moral/ethical view on this life. Can`t i criticize/judge other cultures because of cultural differences? Yes i can.
My ethical view allows me to see people from a humanity point of view, not a european, american, asian, etc. man or women. That`s the strength of ethics: it doesn`t in particular to anyone, but for everyone in general and how we all share something in common - normally moral values as i said above.
It`s not a mistake, it`s a necessity if you truly want to critize/judge yourself and others whilst retaining objectivity.








