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Why do we need morality ?
As an English philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588- 1679 ) said, all humans are made equal in mental and physical abilities. This does not mean that all of us are equally strong, smart or beautiful, but that everyone has the ability to damage or kill the other . The main goals , we all want to achieve, are having a shelter, security , power , wealth and enough food. This means that people are constantly competing with each other and that makes all of us (who desire the same things) enemies. Hobbes names the insecurity and fear people feel towards each other a “state of nature ”. In this state there are no moral rules or enforced laws , also no justice or injustice. People, being violent and arbitrary, will only follow their own interest . So without laws and boundaries, people would be in constant war - every man for himself . In this kind of society there is no time for cultural or industrial development . No one can enjoy life because of the constant fear they life in. The “state of nature” or in other words chaos is not be beneficial to anyone. So to get what we all want - happiness, peace and security, we must make compromises and obey the laws and moral rules. In general, morality is a form of social control . As long as most of us follow the rules and cooperate, our lives are good . So in other words it is all about the majority - as long as the great number of people accept this, the humankind will be in prosper . Without morality the world would be an unbearable place and people would be miserable, lonely, unsatisfied and afraid .
A great novel about morality and its effect is Lord of the Flies by William Golding (1945). This piece of work is a good example of a society without rules are moral values . In this book a group of boys end up on a desert island and they do not obey the rules anymore. At first the boys are happy to be out of the adult world, but soon they face a total chaos. So they create some kind of system that only one may talk at a time and they also choose a leader for themselves (democratically). Their system fails as 2 boys start to compete over the leader position and also all the other boys will not fill tasks given to them , because they want to play and have fun. The outcome is worst then anyone could ever imagine . Golding shows that the devil is inside of all of us and we need morality and society rules to keep it from showing and to live together in peace. The boys on the desert island start to hunt pigs and find out that they enjoy killing. Which means that time by time they are losing their humanity.
It is always better to have rules and to accept them, than to hunt and kill each other. Morality has rules, that restrict our freedom , but only for our own well-being and better conditions. Morality’s main purposes are that it keeps society from falling apart, it decreases human suffering and also promotes human flourishing. In addition it helps to resolve conflicts of interest and assigns responsibilities for actions (praise, blame, reward, punishment). So morality is the glue holding together our society, without moral codes and values it would break down. Moralities purposes are related , but not identical. Different theories accent different purposes. For example utilitarianists think that most important are human flourishing and amelioration of suffering, whereas contractual system emphasise the resolution of conflicts. A virtuous person is someone who believes and follows all the purposes. The goal of morality is to create virtuous and happy people, who will develop a flourishing community. It is important that humankind uses its deepest potential for the greater good. The moral values do not depend on the religion , culture or individualities. They are the absolute universal principles that apply everywhere. But of course it depends on the context and some rules can exclude others . For example when one lies to save an innocent life. Most of the time the good is still good and vice versa. When children are thought moral values from the beginning , they re used to live by them and think of them as basics. Even if one day they break the moral code, they will feel guilty and know that it was wrong .
The main difference between religion and morality is that morality is more reasonal while religion relies on beliefs . Morality is a big part of religion. Belief guides people towards morality, as religious people think that God sees and judges all our actions.
Law is related to morality as well as religion. In the perfect word morality should be the basis of law. But in real world there are unjust laws and immoral acts that cannot be legally enforced. The law cannot judge human motives and intentions as well and that is why the law is much more shallower. One can be morally evil , intending to do evil things, but as long as he won't do them, he is legally innocent.
The relationship between morality and etiquette is that etiquette varies greatly in different cultures and is usually morally neutral . For example one culture eats with chop -sticks, other with forks and knives, but it does not make neither of them less moral.
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