Monday, October 27, 2008

Why be moral?

I always wondered why some people kill other, and the only reason i could think of is a different sense of morality. We all have goals in our life. Money, Power, Love, Fame is the most common but the smaller gaols in life is where the issue of morality comes into play. Pushing a smear campaign for power or leading by example for power. The end is still in reach and can be achieved ether whey but if hurting or helping someone to get there is morality.

Where do we get morality from? Its simple, Experience. From what we learn is how we deal with things. Don't get me wrong, it has nothing to do with our mental state, it mealy stats that we learn via experience and example. How we deal with one example of problems is what we know and will do it again if the need arrases. That does not mean that we cant learn how to do things differently the next time.

The biggest factor in our creation of morality is Law. Fear of prison can make you do the " right" thing. The biggest laws we gather from religion example " thou shell not kill" and we cant change it. the second is the Laws from man and it is the laws that is mostly broken. Mostly we think we do the right thing because if we do other wise we will be punished, so it must be wrong. Isn't it strange that the only one that gets punished in war is the losing side. Makes me think that the biggest reason for anyone to do against the law is when they can get away with it. So morality from law is only paper thin but it is still what most people not to "bad" things.

I am going to use a example of a warlord. A warlord goes on a rampage near you and kills almost every one in front of you. You know he did it you saw him. Now lets up him if front of you at a different time. Will you A) kill him where he stands or B) let the law take place.

If you answered A you become just like him for he(warlord) is a murderer now you are one just for the sake of revenge.

If you answered B you rid the feeling of guilt for you dumped it onto someone else, but you will most likely feel unsafe till he dies.

Ether answered is correct for your morality will govern the answers for C) warlord never thought killing is wrong.


So no mater what you do or say in your life. Learning is the greatest gift. Past experience will hunt you only if let someone else say you did it wrong. What you do and say now is who you are morally and if it turns out to bite you afterwards it is OK, because if you turn back time to that regrettable moment you properly do it the same way. It is not something to dwell upon. Try not to give advise to some one without experience in the matter for that makes you a hypocrite.

BAA