Morality is a question of one's own beliefs and standards. Right? Yes, I agree, as individuals we must all choose the standards we feel comfortable with. Some of us will feel comfortable with premarital sex, some will not. Some will feel comfortable with stealing from employers, some will not. Some will feel comfortable with lying to enhance their own lives, and others will not. None of us can say, "You are wrong", and actually have authority to judge the person we disagree with. So in essence, the moral choices society makes today are completely individual, left to our own conscience.
I think whether we like it or not, we can all agree that this is so. But since we make our own choices, we must also uphold an equal ammount of responsibility. Granted, integrity is not a highly embraced concept anymore, none-the-less, responsibility is an inescapable burden.
So why am I declaring all of this, and why did I title this, "The Moral Problem". Because, ladies and gentlemen, the moral problem, is not the choices we make, although people disagree with them, we concede, they are our own choices, and no one elses- So they are not the issue. The moral problem, is quite simply that no one is willing to take responsibility for their decisions, and this burden, that we should all accept and deal with, is being left for others to stumble over.
This, is the moral problem, and it is a growing disease, it is the cause of the stress, tension and corruption in society. We can no longer blame premarital sex, selfish ambitions, or any other practices certain individuals agree with. We must address the moral problem, head on, or let it further ravage our society.
-Shirley
{Suggested Reading: How Good People Make Tough Choices by Rushworth M. Kidder}
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what it is that you are saying here. That integrity is not of much importance to people nowadays? It seems so. But with the diversity of our society, I think it would be surprising that a lot of people do value integrity = maybe some aren't sure what the moral standards should be.
It is true that some people are confused about moral standards, what they should set themselves at, and what they should expect from others. But regardless of their confusion, they eventually will have to set standards, make moral choices, and if they do not take the responsibility for those choices, we will see more problems.
--S
I do think that there is a group of morals that almost everyone follows. I think that the "moral" issues where many people differ tend to actually be values. The difference being that non-Universal. Values can vary drastically from one person to the next. For example, some people have strong family ties. It is important to them that the whole family eats dinner togeather whenever possible. Others may have a looser family atmosphere, with family members being less tightly bound to one another.
Perhaps that has a measure of truth to it, but there is still the problem of taking responsibility for the choices we make. Often people don't, it is a commonly ignored factor in today's society, and it is certainly making any moral differences much more strained.
--S
True, but that has nothing to do with the immediate question. People always try to dodge responsibility for their mistakes. Is it moral? No. And most people probably don't consider it a value, but almost everyone does it a little bit.