(March 12, 2013 at 7:39 pm)Tranquility Wrote: Am I the only one who understands moral statements to mean there is a standard of dos and don'ts in behavior to which we have an obligation or duty to comply?
"It is wrong to (insert behavior of choice)." This statement means the behavior is a don't according to the standard.
"It is right to (insert behavior of choice)." This statement means the behavior is a do according to the standard.
I can't get my head around it to mean anything else, which is why I ask what the word means.
You are correct and that standard is called morality. Morality is a conceptual guide on how to live your life. Which means your actions, thoughts or motivations which comply with it come under the dos and those which do not come under the don'ts. This also makes it a standard by which you can judge your actions, thoughts and motivations. Compliance is then labelled as right and non-compliance as wrong.
