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Ajattelin lisätä tän tänne huvikseni, tässä huomattavasti pienennettynä ajatukseni miten moraali toimii. Englanniksi sillä alkuperäisesti kirjoitettu englanninkieliselle foorumille.



Personally i think morality is implemented somewhere in the learning process. However i also think it's partly in nature, mainly so that once we are born there is an empty pool, that later fills up with "moral codes" that you can choose to follow or to not follow.

There was something about morals being in our genetic code, but i can't agree with that... At least when it's up to more complex issues. I think caring for other human beings is something that exists when you are born, but it's because of your need for other persons, it is completely selfish at first. You truly learn all of this much later when your parents or the education system sets you some borders of what is right or wrong.

I wrote a little text on my beliefs of how morals work some months ago, even though it was at night and it's a bit confusing i decided maybe i should paste it here. To clarify this is the way i see morals, i am aware that there are many contradicting views, especially on the ends and means part.

"Morals are something that is taught to humans, it is a product of their environment. Everyone has a different sense of morals, and some choose to ignore them. Morals are the same as the how you view what is the right thing to do, and what is the wrong thing to do. Even if some people are taught these things they choose to ignore them, and live by their own "code". These people include people who value money over human lifes, people who can kill other people without feeling guilt, and so on. Morals make the structure of any society, it is what laws are based on, and you learn them before you learn of the laws of society.

There is no right or wrong when it comes to morals, every person can be justified in what he does as long as he thinks he is doing the right thing. Societys justice are not the same as individual justice, commonly accepted good is not the only good in the universe.

Things like lust for money, pleasure and power are not something that can be said to be evil or good, however it is the actions that you have to live by to get there that matter. The path is set by choices, and the choice is usually as simple as; do the right thing as you believe it to be, and do the thing that will get you closer to what you lust for. In-short; following your own moral code or ignoring it. Lust for any of these things can be considered good by some people, however it is a "Ends justify the means" thought, and therefore does not think of the actions enough to be considered moral-code.

Ends do not matter in morals, only the means. Ends matter in lust, not the means.

I personally believe humans are inherently neutral, but become either good if they choose to follow their own moral code, or evil if they choose to ignore their own moral code. "

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