I finnished my Computer class with a high A. I am beating myself up for working that hard. I am trying to be just a B student. My next class, though is Philosophy of Human Conduct (ethics), and it is much easier for me. I get to babble about morality and my beliefs.
Here is a sample:
I can't say I agree with Kant in all aspects of his philosophy because it would take a far more thorough study to determine that, but I fully subcribe to Universalism. There is one set of morals and ideals that apply to all men everywhere in every period of time. Kant argued on behalf of natural law and presumed that its orderliness was evidence of man's ability to be governed by universal order--of his own free will (Oxford Companion to Philosophy p. 438).
"Absolute moral truth must be logically consistent, free from internal contradiction" (Shaw p.23) That to me, means that there is no inconsistency between what you think and what you feel (reason and conscience) and no contradiction with what you do and what you expect others to do. If everyone did these checks "with a sincere heart, and with real intent" we would all come to the same conclusions. In my moral questions, I know I have found universal truth when I find that the answers are consistent and unchanging.
I do not believe that morality is legislated by God. I believe that God is God because he proved himself obedient to Universal Law and has, thus, mastered the elements (power through submission of will--"Nevertheless not my will, but Thine be done"). As we increase our moral capacity, we become more and more like God, and he wants for us what he has for himself--He follows the Golden Rule and is a model of moral consistency.
