Morality

[Admin Khan]

Each person judges morality differently. When it comes to philosophers, I partially agree with John Stuart Mill on Utilitarianism, I think he pioneered the idea of the happy principle, Utilitarianism might be pragmatic based on the context, However, I do not think we can apply it for all moral cases. I think each person has their own unique view on moral judgments. Determining a set of moral facts that the entire world agrees on can clearly be a bit tricky. I agree with Socrates in The Republic book 2 that justice is desirable for its own sake, like joy, health, and knowledge.

We should be very careful in ethics, one of the famous examples of moral problems is the trolley situation.

"A trolley is running out of control down a track. In its path are 5 people who have been tied to the track by the mad philosopher. Fortunately, you can flip a switch, which will lead the trolley down a different track to safety. Unfortunately, there is a single person tied to that track. Should you flip the switch?"



Just my $0.2

[inqilab]

Do we have any moral facts? What do you base morality on? I took some advanced philosophies courses a while ago, so this question was spinning in my head.

Do we base morality on religion?

Id like to discuss this with our members.

Morality is defined by our creator. We cannot base morality on social pressures. That would mean morality is subjective. Whatever society says is right. Becomes right. And whatever Society says is wrong. Becomes wrong. This shows human flaw. Morality should never be subjective. This would mean it is ok to kill and do whatever to others. Based upon what is accepted in our time. And society changes so that would mean values also change.

This is why i said morality is defined by our creator. And islam tells us how to live. Islam is not subjective. But objective.