Science and Morality - Conflict?
posted on March 09, 2013 02:23AM GMT
I've seen many arguments now where people are disagreeing about the nature or morality and right vs. wrong. Some say morality is:
What do the majority of people here think?
Can we tell others how to behave and what to value and be correct or incorrect in what we tell them?
Or is it all a matter of personal preference and we have no better basis for understanding morality than they do, morality is only what works best for the individual?
- subjective (depends on the person, purely a cultural thing, based on preference, etc.)
- objective (there is a measurably correct way and an incorrect way to behave in situations, right and wrong exist outside of just choice, etc.)
What do the majority of people here think?
Can we tell others how to behave and what to value and be correct or incorrect in what we tell them?
Or is it all a matter of personal preference and we have no better basis for understanding morality than they do, morality is only what works best for the individual?