(July 26, 2013 at 6:16 am)genkaus Wrote:Well, from my viewpoint, individuals exist only as a part of a greater society. And indeed, without that society, no individual today would be able to exist on his own.(July 26, 2013 at 5:53 am)kılıç_mehmet Wrote: It's indeed interconnected, and there might be some scientific reasoning behind it, but the thing is, morals are there to be a guideline to society, not to be another riddle in the heads of people, they are not there to cause confusion, but to be the basis of social harmony.
So whatever basis I choose for mine, the fact is, they're there, and they tell me things that I require to be in harmony with my fellow people here.
A parochial view of morality - as expected from someone not familiar with its philosophical basis.
Morals are there to be more than just guidelines for society to preserve social harmony - they are guidelines for individuals on how to live their life and are necessary for growth and development of society, even if it means sacrificing social harmony on occasion. If social harmony was the only purpose of morality, then any revolutionary who does anything to disturb the social order - which is necessary for its eventual growth - would be considered immoral.
There is no form of growth and development that comes at the expense of social harmony. Society can and will resist such attempts by any and all means possible, and those who think themselves above the public, will find themselves in a very unpleasant situation.
Besides, change for the sake of change is never good. A matter of change is ought to be accepted by the public to actually occur. In that regard, it ought to be in favor of the public, and should abolish something that was not in favor of the public and social harmony.
For example, inciting a civil war in order to bring about a "revolution", as it is with the case of nearly all communist revolutions around the globe, Russia, China, Korea, Vietnam and etc. is never good for social harmony, and their outcomes are visible for everyone to see, even though their actions were considered to be "revolutionary" as they have toppled the current system and replaced it with another one.
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