This is about Morals...

[Lady L]

Bringing up something we have discussed before, but not here I don't think...well, I am sure it has came up somewhere though... because its simply something that kinda is in what we type...how we think...and what we actually do in our lives...

So, how do you feel about morals? Are they something you take seriously..?

[Vargtand]

Well.. I take what I think is morally right seriously yes.. I try to strive to live after what I can see as right.. I do how ever not have a list that I follow...

I apologize, but the question is a bit vague for me to answer properly I feel... at least without me rambling and straying off-topic...

[Pino]

Morals is somthing which society is lacking now, it seems nobody has a Moral or Opinion on ANYTHING they just seem to go about there actions with little thought about any sort of consequences or what exactly they are doing.

I used to have alot of Morals but I used to contradict them, now I'm preety strict with them, for example I have always hated going into none-white stores however I used to go in with little thought about it, these days I'd rarther starve than go in one and I haven't done for over a year.

I have plenty of other morals which do stop me from doing alot of things most people do, these days my morals are more important to them and I stick with them.

[Euroblood]

I am of the belief that morality is absolute. It is through morality that we can progress. No amount of science or technology does us any good if we do not have morals.

In this modern era, we don't need to look far to find the absence of morality, and that is something that needs to be fixed.

So to answer your question, Yes I take morality very seriously.

[Ulf]

"Moralities and religions are the principal means by which one can make whatever one wishes out of man, provided one possesses a superfluity of creative forces and can assert one's will over long periods of time — in the form of legislation, religions, and customs."

"Fear is the mother of morality."

"The noble type of man experiences itself as determining values; it does not need approval; it judges, 'what is harmful to me is harmful in itself'; it knows itself to be that which first accords honour to things; it is value-creating."
Nietzsche

I'm a relativist, I don't have any morals I could really set down here, they're just an extension of my actions and their consequences. I try to act for what is best for me and those I care for, nothing more.

[Rasvalg]

I think morals are a requirement for a stable society. But because morals must be defined by that society for the purpose of this thread I think that the original poster should define exactly what is meant by MORALS. thanks and then we can discuss them.
As for all in the society having morals I also believe that those that protect that folk should have a lack of some morals so as that those morals don't get in the way.

[Psychonaut]

I am of the belief that morality is absolute.

This is very intriguing, especially since you're a Heathen. From where do absolute morals derive?

[Lady L]

I think morals are a requirement for a stable society.

Indeed they are. They do not have to be exactly the same, only...bringing similar outcomes...doing for others, protecting your own, loyalty, honesty... Stuff like that.

But because morals must be defined by that society for the purpose of this thread I think that the original poster should define exactly what is meant by MORALS.

Well, it can be interpreted however you want, there can really be no wrong answer here but maybe if I was to say...by MORALS I simply mean whatever that word means to you..? In other words, you tell me...

As for all in the society having morals I also believe that those that protect that folk should have a lack of some morals so as that those morals don't get in the way.

Please explain.

[Euroblood]

This is very intriguing, especially since you're a Heathen. From where do absolute morals derive?

Without trying to be too philosophical, morality, like truth, simply is. Morals are absolute because they exist, like truth, independent of the individual or society. So to answer your question “from where do they derive?” They aren’t derived at, because to be derived means to have a source of origin.

Does this make any sense to you all? It's sort of hard to explain.

[Ulf]

Are we going to end up discussing the ding an sich?

Truth, in many circumstances, has the benefit of being viewed objectively. While morals are entirely constructs of the mind. Even if there were nothing to observe that something is true, that would not mean it was not true.

The fact that I can disagree with some morals means they, unlike truth, can not be absolute. Your opinion does not change the truth, while morals vary based upon various cultural and social aspects.