I need to know how you feel about morality

[andrewducker]

Poll #25203

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There is one true morality

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Yes, and I know what it is, and it accords with my own views
3 (4.8%)

Yes, and I know what it is, but it does not match my own views
0 (0.0%)

Yes, but I do not know what it is
6 (9.5%)

No
43 (68.3%)

Something Else I Will Explain In Comments
11 (17.5%)

To explain slightly, if you believe that there is a God, and that you know what the moral rules they set are, and you agree with those rules, that would be option one.

(Or you can replace "God" with "the natural order of things" if you believe that this includes an inbuilt morality.)

Comments

[cellio]

Something else:

I do not presume to know the mind of God. I can see only a small slice of what God has revealed to us imperfect recipients of his message. I do not believe that whatever insight I've gained from that grants me any authority over other humans. In other words, how well I follow God's laws is a matter between me and God but not something I can enforce on other people because of that source. Because we do not live in a theocracy.

I believe certain things are fundamentally immoral. Not all of them have been identified as such in the torah. Not everything in the torah is in this category. I don't know how I know them; they just are.

To function, societies have to agree on some fundamental principles. Some of the rules societies adopt might be the same as ones others arrive at through philosophy or religion, but the mechanism is different and I don't know if that changes their status from "morals" to "utilitarian foundations for a society". I guess they are in principle mutable, which would be a big difference. I don't think morals are mutable but they can be nuanced, which too often is not considered.