On 4 Apr., 14:03, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Morality is simple if it comes from inside and moves out. To examine
> the external benefits of it is to examine its effects, and they are
> worth examining if that shows us the path to that place within us from
> which our morality naturally flows.
>
I have no problem with this at all, Molly. A truly internalised and
accepted morality frees itself more and more from rules and precepts,
whether it is expressed as some kind of Kantian moral imperative (a
formulation I personally find useful) or in some other fashion. This,
however, seems to me to be an aspect of personal (call it spiritual,
if you will) development, which not all (if indeed many) reach. In one
sense, it is always something on the horizon - to borrow imagery from
a theological context, an eschatological reality; a mixture of the now
and the not-yet. One of your paradox moments!
But, to move to a more commonplace level, my original question centred
more on the necessity for finding a basis for moral conduct for
society in general. It's about building a framework within which we
can all develop as humans. An affirmation of the moral aspect of
humanity is needed for a confident affirmation of secular, pluralist
society, not only to counter ignorant accusations from narrow-minded
purveyors of many religious viewpoints who claim that the secular,
liberal view of society is amoral or immoral.
Francis
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