I loved our class discussion today. My group decided that there is (and never will be) a universal concept of morality. Also, we agreed that your own experienced and influences you encounter shape and mold your morality. And, our last point of agreement was that people use the label "immoral" to invoke fear in others. No one enjoys or respects the label or immorality. I believe all people strive to be moral through their beliefs, behavior, and expression of character. But, morality is so difficult to discuss because context shapes what society views as "right" or "wrong".
But, I can't sit here and type and pretend that I am open minded to everyone's opinions. I believe that my morals are correct although I have no empirical evidence that convinces me that my opinions are superior. I will willingly listen to others and respect their opinions, don't get me wrong, but I find it hard to grasp the idea that everyone can be "morally correct" when placed in the right context.
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"But, I believe that all people should work to posses the skills to discern whether the beliefs we have are true or false rather than wasting time trying to persuade others to agree without beliefs."
How can beliefs be true or false? It seems like this could only be possible if there is a certain innate and universal sense of right and wrong not, only in actions but in beliefs, in all of us. Where do we draw the line between beliefs we believe to have a concrete truth or falsity and those that are only value based?
Does the distinction btwn belief and truths make a difference? It may be that people will never have shared beliefs about morality (or evolution or the shape of the universe) but how would this be evidence that there is no truth of the matter?
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