Do you think we all have the same sense of morality?

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In my opinion, while we are all human, we are wired differently when it comes to issues of morality. But I believe we all have a basic sense of morality. Do you think we all have the same sense of morality?
 

Good Topic Fuzzybuddy.
I do believe that human beings possess a sense of morality and what is fundamrntally right and what is wrong what is good and what is bad.
I do believe that the concience is part of our makeup as individuals and it can be sharp or muted depending what's going on in our lives at any particular stage.

A sharp concience can steer us away from what we feel is inheritantly wrong and a muted concience can push aside what we believe is wrong and go aghead and let the devil take the hindmost and come rue this. I know because Ive been there and possibly like many have.

We are all different with regards to morality as this covers a vast domain. I feel that sexual morality is only part of the broader spectrum. We are all diverse with varying codes of conduct especially in sexual morality imo.

One thing that is engrained in our psyche from conception is what is right and what is wrong and this is clear cut.
 

Sunny said:
Not at all. We largely believe what we have been taught since childhood.
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Yes, that's true. However, I do believe that we develope our own mind set and adopt behaviour patterns and learn by experience as we grow up and develope and make choices.
 
CrackerJack said:
Good Topic Fuzzybuddy.
I do believe that human beings possess a sense of morality and what is fundamrntally right and what is wrong what is good and what is bad.
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That wasn’t the question though,
The question is do humans have the same sense of morality? If people are killing others then obviously not. We don’t all have the same sense of morality. The why is a whole other topic.
 
Keesha said:
That wasn’t the question though,
The question is do humans have the same sense of morality? If people are killing others then obviously not. We don’t all have the same sense of morality. The why is a whole other topic.
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Point taken. No, humans dont have the same sense of morality.
 
Maybe a sense of morality...but not the same as each other. Basically we know the right or wrong thing, but that is it. I may be going of the point of the question here, but bear with me. Person A may feel certain things, like homosexuality, drinking, etc are morally wrong. While Person B does not feel the same. Does this make either of them wrong? Or just a different set of values?
 
Nope. I think some people are completely amoral, and others have varying degrees of morality, like acquaintances with the unnecessary handicapped sticker. And I think we all slip from time to time. I had school kids who had no conscience at all -- probably ran in the family. I also think it's cultural.
 
CarolfromTX said:
Nope. I think some people are completely amoral, and others have varying degrees of morality, like acquaintances with the unnecessary handicapped sticker. And I think we all slip from time to time. I had school kids who had no conscience at all -- probably ran in the family. I also think it's cultural.
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Have any particular culture in mind?
 
Morality is "taught" by overt group consensus. Different cultures look at things differently. No reason to name cultures. We know that different cultures have different norms that they operate under. Children learn from those in their surroundings as they mature.

There are, of course, psychopaths and sociopaths in all cultures. The human brain can be "defective," as that applies to behaviors across the spectrum. Morality becomes a non-issue, there.

To answer the original question: There is no chance that we all have the same sense of morality, even among those in our own culture. The human animal is too prone to going off in different directions, urged on by subtle cues that magnify and produce different behaviors, over time.

In my case, I view the eating of animal flesh as morally repugnant. It sickens me, and saddens me that any human can justify, morally, the killing and eating of any animals. I was raised by meat eaters. I found my path through introspection, and my travels on the road of my life.
 
Squirl said:
No. But we all can see when another soul is suffering and, unless we are damaged, everyone feels a sense that we should respond when we directly witness.
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I respectfully disagree with you.
In normal human behaviour most people learn empathy; the ability to understand and share feelings of another.

Not everyone has the ability to empathize with others.

Now I see that you have , unless we are damaged.
I completely agree. Please disregard my above answer.
 
Squirl said:
No. But we all can see when another soul is suffering and, unless we are damaged, everyone feels a sense that we should respond when we directly witness.
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Sounds good until we see what many see on a daily basis. A homeless person begging or just being in a place where the walking public passes are often ignored. I don't want to seem confrontational but to join in the discussion Are those that ignore the plight of another human damaged?
 
What culture do I have in mind? Pick one. Sexual mores in Samoa are (or were, back in Margaret Mead's day) different from sexual mores in Boston. A current day example? Topless sunbathing on the beach for women is perfectly acceptable in many places around the world, but not in the United States. I'm not placing one culture above another, just pointing out that they're different.
 
If you agree that humans have an innate sense of morality, then how do you justify war? Maybe we should ask when humans have an innate sense.
To me, it's kind of like saying humans smile all the time. It depends on the circumstances. I do believe we have an innate sense of right and wrong, but circumstances dictate how that is expressed.
 
You've Got to be Taught (from South Pacific)

You've got to be taught to hate and fear
You've got to be taught from year to year
It's got to be drummed in your dear little ear
You've got to be carefully taught


You've got to be taught to be afraid
Of people whose eyes are oddly made
And people whose skin is a diff'rent shade
You've got to be carefully taught


You've got to be taught before it's too late
Before you are six or seven or eight
To hate all the people your relatives hate
You've got to be carefully taught
 
Psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg postulated stages of moral development through which the individual can grow from infancy to adulthood. Many, of course, never reach the "universal principles" stage...
 
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