Thread: Morality and its source

Originally Posted by gregs656

no.

I think your moral compass can change like the wind. Nothing in this world is constant.

I think there needs to be some foundation that is unchanging. This doesn't mean that your actions cannot be based on the situation or your level of understanding or maturity.

But, if morality is completely arbitrary it is a useless concept. (Some may agree with this.) if the compass changes with the wind, what makes it a "moral" compass? So the question is, is there really a core morality or are we simply organisms that react to pain, pleasure, hunger, etc. (as the wind blows).

Some would say that religion has (literally) "saved" us from this. Others would say we have evolved to a higher plane.

If morality is NOT completely arbitrary, what is the non-arbitrary part?

EDIT: With my very first sentence above: "I think there needs to be some foundation that is unchanging" I am not committing the fallacy I mentioned in an earlier post by arguing that we need an unchanging core morality (so there must be one), but that the definition of morality must include an unchanging core or it is not a good definition, as outlined (I hope) in the rest of my post.