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Moral relativism or common sense? |
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I've noticed a theme in a few threads and rather than divert the topics, I thought I'd start a new one. Specifically, there are two posts that I would like to address. The first, by habiru in the homosexuality thread, and the second, by marriedwkids in the religious commitment thread.
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I believe that morality and ethics are a construct of society, not god. For, it could be argued, man created god and therefor any and all morality applied to god/religion is, in reality, a construct of man. However, if one were to assume, as I'm sure many of you will, that man did not create god, and therefor the morality mankind has established is instead a direct result of god's commandments, then we still have a situation where man is interpreting gods moral code (i.e....manslaughter vs. murder) with his own subjectivity. Either way, the desire and need to follow the delineated moral and ethical code is a direct result of the individuals desire not only to avoid punishment and incarceration, but also to avoid being ostracized and ejected from his/her society, whether for religious reasons (i.e., being deemed a sinner, a heretic, etc..) or for community based reasons which can be as simple as no one trusting you or wanting to be your friend (i.e. isolation from the group).
As a result of the desire to avoid either of the above outcomes, morality and ethics then become directly related to the societal needs, such as peaceful cohabitation with one's neighbor, belonging to the group, avoidance of jealousy and the end result of actions taken out of jealousy, etc.; basically any act that results in a disturbance of the peace on a societal scale.
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The full post in its entirety (along with the discussion) can be found here.
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