Seeking a moral code

[Fluffy]

How do you determine what is moral and immoral? Is there one thing that you can apply to a situation and be certain whether the scenario is right or wrong?

In determining a morality, what do you do to overcome the problem of the lesser of 2 evils?

Is inaction over an immoral act, immoral in itself?

Lastly how do you determine when something should have morality attached to it or when it is totally amoral?

 

[retrorich]

My moral code is simple:

Do not kill or harm any living thing unless it is necessary for survival (as is eating animals and plants or protecting one's self or others from attackers).

 

[cardero]

Fluffy writes: How do you determine what is moral and immoral?

I do not. Determining what is moral or immoral is like applying judgment which is something that I would never relate to my life because I could not fully understand the circumstances involved in a moral or immoral act.

Fluffy writes: Is there one thing that you can apply to a situation and be certain whether the scenario is right or wrong?

Basically I observe human condition and rely on the experience of how I and other humans enjoy BEing treated.

Fluffy writes: In determining a morality, what do you do to overcome the problem of the lesser of 2 evils?

I usually think how the GOD I K(NOW) today would handle the situation.

Fluffy writes: Is inaction over an immoral act, immoral in itself?

Inaction is no action and should not BE judged anyway.

Fluffy writes: Lastly how do you determine when something should have morality attached to it or when it is totally amoral?

I usually gauge human response to it. If it’s a popular mind set among humankind than I usually think in another way.

 

[Pah]

From The Science of Good & Evil, by Michael Shermer

Figure 6. The Bio-Cultural Evolutionary Pyramid
The Bio-Cultural Evolutionary Pyramid models the origin and evolution of moral sentiments and ethical systems. The pyramid depicts the 1. 5 million years over which moral sentiments evolved biogenetically among social primates and the transition about 35,000 years ago when sociocultural factors increasingly assumed control in shaping Homo sapiens' moral behavior and ethical systems. The "transitional boundary" shows the time range during which social groups grew larger and cultural selection began to take precedence over natural selec. tion. In early Homo sapiens (the bottom of the pyramid), the individual's need for survival and genetic propagation is met through the family, extended family, and the community. Over time, basic psychological and social needs evolved that aided and reinforced cooperation, altruism, and, subsequently, genetic propagation through children. This inclusive fitness applies to anyone who is genetically related to us. In larger communities and societies, where there is no genetic relationship, reciprocal altruism and indirect/blind altruism supple*ment kin altruism. The natural progression leads t!) species altruism and bioal*truism. (Rendered by Pat Linse

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