Someone told me that countries are becoming “less moral” and I have no idea what to do with that opinion, because I don’t know what it is they mean with “morals”. So what do morals mean to you?

  • Fandangalo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’m a moral pluralist & converted to Unitarian Universalism. Both add depth & detail to how I think about morality:

    • Moral pluralism is the stance that many moral systems (deontology, virtue theory, consequentialism, contract theory) help us understand “morality.” If you want to understand the human body, you wouldn’t use just physics, or just biochemistry, or just neurology. You’d have many sciences informing how you understand the totality. Likewise, when dealing with a moral issue, I try to examine it from many theories and look for overlap or consensus.
    • My faith has 7 principles, most of which seem common sense to me. Everyone has inherent dignity & value; seek justice & compassion; accept one another and encourage spiritual growth; everyone should have a free search for truth; belief in democratic systems; goal of world peace; we’re interdependent.

    I studied ethics & normative theory in college. I do think there are moral facts or truths (moral realism). I reject relativism because it opens the door to human tragedies.