puZZle

If moral is itself "double standard"
then we can say there is no moral since moral should be a single standard, how can it be "double" or "multiple" at the same time?

A truth needs to be absolute, not relative. If it is relative, then where, when, on whom is it the truth?

....Say, there is no God who sets an absolute moral standard, and that we are just some molecules that some how evolved to what we are right now (by natural selection & survival of the fittest), then there following is "right"

Raping is "right" since you are just spreading your genetic material as vast as u can
so is polygamy and adultery

Killing is "right" in the sense that you are eliminating competitors to survive and pass on your genes

Stealing, robbing etc is "right" since you are only getting the resources you need to survive and, again, pass on your genes

....and the list goes on...

and of course, I do NOT believe in the above

puZZle

What is more, we need to carefully judge whether we are biased on the standard of moral because we ourselves have done something that might go against certain standards

just my 2 cents

puZZle

社會普遍應為"正確"，就係合符道德表準
siumaibb 發表於 2009-8-5 14:02

but we wouldn't think killing in cannibal societies as "right" right?

Also, how can we ever know what every single person think without doing a poll that involves every single person in a certain society?

puZZle

Also, IF moral is only a concept and that it varies from culture to culture, then how should WE act if we happen to land in a cannibal society?

puZZle

don't you agree that moral standard and religion are closely related to each other?
chunsh 發表於 2009-8-6 12:49

you can say that

without some kind of god acting as an "outsider"
humans would only have Subjective Moral Standards
instead of a god's Objective Moral Standard

If it is subjective, there are variances, changes, and conflicts
ultimately, there is no morals (no absolute morals because no one can say what is right and what is wrong)

So if we are talking about objective moral standard, then it gotta relate to some higher being