I like your question. The philosophical slant of morality is all encompassing. It does not just surround what ONE person thinks but what the majority of a society thinks and why they live the way they do. I am a fan of Utilitarianism. When we run into moral dilemas as a society-is abortion right or wrong? what about gay marriage? You can fall back on the addage of what's good for the many outways the good of the few. Or more precisely another moral philosophy the Social Contract-we agree to respect one another for the sake of all.
When you see life from this perspective you realize-if no one can prove a five week old fetus is more alive than a plant than who is it hurting if that 'life' is terminated? Furthermore, whose business is it if a gay couple gets married (two consenting adults)? These moral philosophies force us to disect the meaning of our existence with others-a thing that organized religion has discouraged us from debating since it's inception. These philosophies encourage thought and self description, a long way from the religion of obedience we have been raised on as christians. |