by Jack
I just attended a lecture today on science, ethics, morality and religion. Although we barely scratched the surface of this huge subject, it was really interesting and it gave me some ideas for an article. So, I hope you like this one:
Morals are the principles on which one’s judgments of right and wrong are based. Morality tends to be universally accepted, such as murder is always bad or theft is wrong.
Ethics are principles of right conduct; you might say they are a society-wide standard of conduct. Ever hear of situational ethics? Of course, and it means many factors could determine the ethics of an action. There is no such leeway in morality, which has a higher standard usually linked to religion.
What’s the short answer to the difference between morals and ethics? Try this, morals are how you treat your friends and family, ethics are how you treat the rest. Make sense?
Looking around the world, there were very few nations actually founded in morality, but the United States was one of them and it’s important to remember that, if only so we can see where we’ve been to see where we’re headed. We set the bar pretty high bar in the beginning, but, not so much anymore. That bar is really low, especially in Washington, some might ask, uh, what bar? Nevertheless, our founding was steeped in Biblical morality and that’s a pretty good legacy that has served us well and when we’ve gotten off course, we paid for it. Morality as it was laid out in the beginning, permeated every nuance of our government, but we were never intended it to be a theocracy. Instead, we created a government that was perfectly compatible with our founding Christian values, but also had respected other religious beliefs.
If America is to endure, we may fudge a bit on ethics, but not on our morality. How valuable is morality to America? Let me quote one our founders, “Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” President John Adams.
We have a choice to make a year from now that will likely decide the moral course of the American people and to a greater extent the strength of democracy as weighed against the ills of socialism.
I’m hoping the voters will look beyond themselves and see the bigger picture and vote smart. They have a solemn and valuable purpose and it should not be influenced by the reckless and petty sparing between candidates and their party’s. (fingers crossed)
One of the things that struck me as brilliant in our founding was the notion that within ones home a man could do as he pleased but when he was in public certain ethical standards were expected. The goals, of course, were personal freedom/choice and civility. We can have both but it requires a firm foundation and understanding of morals and ethics by our citizenry. It would seem the most successful model is religious/moral training in an intact family and a school system that reflects the same morality and ethics.
Thanks Jack.
You get what you vote for.
And I find it extremely difficult to use either the words “ethics” or “morality” when referring to anything that has come from the Foolish Feds, and to some extent from State and Local goofernments.
Cheers to Judge Hanen and the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals who have stopped Obumble from his attempt to create law instead of enforcing it with his “deportation amnesty.”
“It would seem the most successful model is religious/moral training in an intact family and a school system that reflects the same morality and ethics.”
Religion is a choice. Religion does not guarantee morals as we see in extreme religious cults.
Morals and ethics. That would include holding those who do wrong accountable regardless of political party in politics. That would mean not to categorize people by political party.
Morals and Ethics would have to come before Greed.
Ethics would mean being honest.
I see the biggest failure of ethics in Wall street, the banks, Congress, and many corporations.
Morals and Ethics. I live by them.
We support freedom of religion, families, and yet we allow Billionaires to exploit our political system with greed exploiting our media. Good luck on that one.
I see young kids here wearing hats that say “$>people”. This country is screwed up.
The water out here is so polluted. The politics here is croonie good ol boy both Dem and conservative. I’ll take my Home CA over any east coast state so far. You complain about taxes? You have it good in comparison. The game is rigged. They grab the money one way or another. privatization is code for fascism.
Several points in rebuttal:
A. The point is morality. I wrote “religious/moral” to include all citizens. I didn’t say religion guaranteed morality. Cult members can be moral even if you disagree with them. Please try to get what I wrote.
B. We don’t prosecute or convict people because of party affiliation. We do have the freedom to evaluate, critique, and disagree with party positions and ethics or persons of a particular party for ethical, moral or legal reasons.
C. I see the biggest failure of ethics in humanity.
D. Fascism: Fascism is nationalistic, the state is everything: the power at the top has control of everything and the system features corporatism, economic control, social intervention, militarism and totalitarianism. The people are not free. “Privatizing” is about power being vested in people and honoring property rights. It involves responsibilities as well as benefits. In America the Constitution backed up by the rule of law protect our individual freedom and property rights. Private ownership is not fascism.
Try to focus.
Tina;
I get what you wrote. there is no reason to have a rebuttal. Those were your thoughts.
I wrote what I think.
Religion is a choice not a model. I do not want to tell anyone how to live or they have to live by my beliefs that is true liberty. I was taught morals and it was not religion. I see immoral religion all over the south.
True Scotsman from Dewey. LMAO!
The left thrives on the intellectually absurd situational ethics and situational morality. There is right and wrong.