What is moral decision making?
When I visited my hamlet, I was very happy when I saw the Azadirachta indica which I had planted .It was very useful to all mankind and provides shelter to domestic animals. The tree was mine so I had to take decision to cut the tree so I decided because some people used to say that this tree was cursed and whatever happened in my village was due to this tree. The decision was not correct according to morality because the tree was useful and their allegation was just a myth . I had decided to cut the tree just for sake of satisfaction to my neighbours .Moral decision is just a duty bound decision because if you take, you will not lose anything but your intuition will not allow (if you know that it is not correct )Thank you
What is "moral decision"? What are examples of this?
A moral decision is a decision made in a way so that action or inaction conforms to one’s morals. Typically, we refer to a moral decision when the choice made is not the choice that would be valid per some rationale, such as greater comfort, financial reward or lower cost or elimination of some problem.Morals are acquired (learned or self-developed) rules of behavior categorized into ‘right’ or ‘wrong’, where the rules typically omit context and nuance.Curiously, morals have a high-level of culturally and socially acquired variation. Often, this occurs for morals originating in religious rules over conduct by followers. It is also found where there is enforced social stratification.In the mid-20th century southern US it was immoral for the races to mix. At that same time, a visiting white Northerner might determine it immoral to use a white’s only water fountain or bathroom, reasoning that to drink from an obviously better fountain, for whites, only, would be an endorsement of segregation.In a manner similar to laws, violating a moral has negative consequence. Rather than fine or imprisonment, the penalty is loss of self-esteem. If the action becomes known to the group sharing the moral, the consequence may range from diminished status to more serious punishment.A shopper returns to her car outside a grocery store to find another shopping cart with one bag still in it. The bag has everyday paper products, things that would not be harmed by time outside on that sunny day. The moral decision would be to take the bag in to the store’s customer service counter, and notify them it was left behind. The moral: One does not take what does not belong to them. Not only does our shopper not take the bag, but he or she spends the time and effort to walk back into the store.Other possible decisions would be to take the bag, as a lucky find. Reasoning may be that the value of the items may not be enough to give the purchaser reason to come back for them, given the chance that the items would have been taken already. The items would be useful at home. Rain predicted for later in the day would ruin the items. Anyone else would take them. “Finders, keepers” is not a moral. After all, to not keep is also allowed, if there is no personal interest or use in keeping what is found.
Does rational thought affect a moral decision making process?
Moral decisions are mostly emotional and subconscious, but the area where I have seen rational thought have the most impact on them is in thought and arguments about fairness. Often pointing out to someone that someone's behavior is consistent with a norm, or parallels typical behavior (an analogy which might involve rational thought) will affect someone's moral judgment of them.A simple example might be judgments about pricing. If A is selling a good at some price that seems "too high" many people will make a moral judgment - that A is exploiting his buyers, or that A is selfish, or that A is wrong to charge that price. But if they learn that there is some market for the good that they didn't know about at first (such as eBay) and that A's price is in line with the market price, they will often change their moral judgments.Personally I agree with the theory that morals are just society-level norms (or the current equilibrium in a game theory sense). People are good at following and enforcing all kinds of norms subconsciously and without rational thought (eg, laughing when someone does something inappropriate) but that doesn't mean that rational thought is never involved. If you're curious about this theory of morals a good book is Natural Justice by Ken Binmore: http://www.amazon.com/Natural-Ju...
What is a moral decision? What is an example?
A moral decision is in reaction to pressure from an external source of imperative, such as the so-called 10 commandments.An ethical decision is in response to one’s own sense of what is pro-survival or anti-survival for all those affected. It’s in response to one’s own critical evaluation of “right and wrong”.Personally, I would trust the person who guides his/her actions according to “ethical” principles over one who submits to pressure from an external “moral’ source. The former has critically and internally evaluated the results of his/her actions while the latter can more easily be manipulated by the pressuring source, which can have a good or not-so-good effect up one’s actions.
Is it my moral obligation to kill myself?
I know this probably sounds really weird by the title, but allow me to explain. I'm almost 19 years old. I haven't had a real friend since I was 14. I have never had a boyfriend or even gone on a date. Right now, I have virtually no social life whatsoever. But I am going to college and I have a 4.0 GPA (which probably isn't going to last this semester). It is my first year in college, and it has not been going very well for me. I've tried to make friends, but it just never works out - I never fit in, which causes people to lose interest in me. I keep trying to hang around with people, but every single time, I get a vibe that they wish I wasn't there. I cannot become less socially awkward if I can't practice, but I don't want to make other people unhappy just so I can become less socially awkward. It just wouldn't be right. Now, because I can't improve socially, all I have been doing is sitting in my room, doing schoolwork, playing my violin, reading, listening to music, and just being lonely. If I cannot interact with people, then what good am I to the world at all? The meaning of life, as far as I can tell, is to help others and create a chain of helping people so that our species can advance as far and quickly as possible. Obviously, I can't do that socially. I was hoping that I could do it academically, but I cannot choose a major, I don't show a particular aptitude to any subject even though I am pretty good in almost everything, and my 4.0 GPA is about to drop. So, I have absolutely nothing going for me. Because the only thing I am doing is wasting resources that could be beneficial to other people with much more potential than me, and making people just feel awkward and unhappy, I feel that I am more or less obligated to kill myself for the good of humanity. What are your thoughts on this?
Why are some people better at decision making than others?
Why are some people better at learning languages than others? Why are some people naturally better at numbers than others? Why can some people start a perfect conversation with a perfect stranger while others break out in hives at the thought of it?It is one of those innate abilities that people have. Personally, I have no problem making decisions because I believe I am always right and I am not afraid to be wrong. But I didn’t learn this particular trait. I was trying to tell my mother what she should be buying for dinner once I learned to talk (side note: I was right).Don’t long for the abilities that you don’t have. Try to improve on them and if you can become adequate then it is a victory. Play to your strengths.
What is a moral choice?
Morals are ingrain aspects of human conscience. One Bible writer describes that those who were not living under the Law that God gave Israel, proved the existence of right and wrong by their customs and laws, reflected that it was they did basically what the Law proscribed. (Romans 2:14, 15) 14 For when people of the nations, who do not have law, do by nature the things of the law, these people, although not having law, are a law to themselves. 15 They are the very ones who demonstrate the matter of the law to be written in their hearts, while their conscience is bearing witness with them, and by their own thoughts they are being accused or even excused. There are very few cultures that don't have the same standards as others. They vary quite a bit, but most recognize that murder, stealing, and other acts are negatives, and that people make choices to do the negative items are deserving of some type of judgement.Moral choice is then the decision we make to take a positive or negative course. One of the moral choices that people have faced over the past century is to fight and kill for their country. The government only sees the need to keep existing, (an amoral choice) and will use force to do so. If an individual, because of having a conscientious objection to killing, opposes do so for the national interest, they face the consequences that the rulers of that nation choose. The Quakers are one such faith that refused military service, but would serve in other areas to support the war efforts. Jehovah's Witnesses took a similar stance, but would not do any service that could be seen as aiding the war effort. These are moral choices.
What is the difference between law and morality?
What is the difference between law and morality?1- Difference in purposeThe most fundamental and important difference between ethics and law is in goalsThe purpose of legal cases is to provide the material and material benefits of the people of a community. These cases try to defend the lives, property and freedom of individuals against aggressors using the tools they possess.But the purpose of morality is beyond this issue, because in the first stage moral codes and sentences seek to decorate people with virtues and clean them from vices.The purpose of morality is to provide the material and spiritual happiness of men; the happiness that comes to man in the shadow of divine glory.2- INTENTION:A sufficient condition for the legal value of having an act is its agreement with the rules and lawsBut for action to be ethical, the intent of the person effects directly to be an action as an ethical action.3- Executive guaranteeThe legislator considers those rules and their implementation, tools and guarantees of a certain exterior.Ultimately, something that comes about observing or not observing ethical rules is to proclaim and justify the exhortation of the practitioner and the deserving of those who violate those rules.4- Limitation of legal judgments to human social behaviorRules of law and law only refer to social and social behaviorsThe moral rules embrace both individual behaviors and collective behavior, and even the qualities and qualities of human beings.5- The universality, stability and immortality of the basic principles of moralityThe basic rules of general morality are fixed and eternal, but legal rules are changed6- Ethics restrict the law