(June 6, 2012 at 6:26 pm)MysticKnight Wrote:(June 6, 2012 at 6:25 pm)Annik Wrote: If you are referring to the links, both are schools of thought.
If you are referring to the two "choices" you posed to me, cultures decide moral values. Keep in mind, morals are not ethics. Also something to ponder: You only see their morality as wrong because it contradicts yours, as is set up by the social cues of your culture.
Morality tells you how ought to act though. So if two different societies are telling you two different morals, what morals should you follow and why?
(This is a good conversation, be patient)
I use the term culture, because it is far more accurate to describe the social climate.
Usually, that's decided by the primary caregiver, as our parents (and then our peers) are the ones that directly teach us morals and social behavior. Although, detached from the school of psychology, I believe once we come into abstract thought, those morals should be stacked against ethics to see if they are truly correct.