Originally posted by newsoul
After having participated in a thread from Paxnatus yesterday, I think it is a great time to discuss the moral deficit of our society. For those of
you who do not know what morals are, and apparently there are quite a few:
Morals are a code of conduct.
Wikipedia: Morality (from the Latin moralitas "manner, character, proper behavior") is the differentiation among intentions, decisions, and actions
between those that are good (or right) and bad (or wrong). A moral code is a system of morality (for example, according to a particular philosophy,
religion, culture, etc.) and a moral is any one practice or teaching within a moral code. The adjective moral is synonymous with "good" or
"right." Immorality is the active opposition to morality (i.e. good or right), while amorality is variously defined as an unawareness of,
indifference toward, or disbelief in any set of moral standards or principles.
Are there any morals left in our society? We have laws that allow women to kill their unborn children. We as a society, encourage sexually deviant
behavior. Sexuality is exploited for monetary gain. The people in our country who are supposed to be held to a higher moral standard are quite
possibly the biggest liars, cheaters and scammers around.
But the question begs answering: What happens to us when the moral fiber collapses completely?
When people are allowed to do whatever they want because they feel it is their right?
I often wonder if this is the reason for all of the doom and gloom threads. We can't find a way out of the mess that we have created so we are
looking for some outside source to settle things for us.
So what say you ATS. Where do you see the biggest moral deficits in our society and what can be done, if anything to fix it?
Morals, by nature, are not a communal expression of man, although we are told that they are,
the idea is a false premise bound to let OP down time and time again... What I do has very
little to do with what you do, there is no physical link or relation between the two. At the same time,
our moral code is almost always selective and flawed.
I know more than a few people here who would do anything to save a fetus from destruction,
but would also do anything to destroy the societal safety net that would have helped provide
for that same life.
"Save the baby, but who cares if the family cannot feed it, cloth it, love it, diaper it or nurture it,
as long as it is breathing, yea!"
So with one hand giveth, while the other hand plots to pull the rug out in the name of morality.
In this one example you can spawn a plethora of similar examples that stress "morality", while
falling down on the job once the curtain falls for a few seconds, essentially dropping the baby once
the show is over and the crowd clears out...
