Monday, November 26, 2007

Morality... as viewed (Part I)

An inquiry was addressed, stating that CONSCIENCE SIGNIFIES THE ACT OF INTELLECTUAL JUDGEMENT BY WHICH WE APPLY THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF MORALITY TO THE PARTICULAR SITUATION. It challenges all entities with the quality to think. I for one would like to present my ideology regarding the matter based from my so-called point of view... "In making a good and rational judgement, individuals tend to rely on his conscience, that is, the so-called "voice-within". It is, however, the safest and reliable source of having to come up with a sound judgement for it basically confer to the grounds of morality. It has always been noted that conscience sprung from fate or religion and for that, conscience easily applies to theism or to those individual who basically believes in the existence of God; for believing in God means doing things accordingly and doing things accordingly means- is to always uplift morality, conscientiously or religiously speaking. Anyhow, it would be rather inappropriate to always relate morality to conscience. Morality can also be viewed from an existentialist point of view. Although the existentialist way is very ontological in nature, viewing things as it appears to be (descriptively speaking) and not as what they ought to be (religiously speaking). But both are somehow, relative when we speak of having to apply the principle of morality to the particular situation. Say for example in Euthanasia: Conscientiously, man would rather wait and watch the patient suffer than to play God and decides to put an end of his suffering. However, on the existentialist way, man would rather play God, pull off the gadgets and once and for all, end the patients suffering than watch him in great agony and in a lethargic condition. The man may feel guilty for doing such thing, but his intention is pure and that what makes him belong to the category of acting thru his own definition of morality, thus makes it relative. But basically, no matter or which argument are we to side with, it is crystal clear that using conscience as basis of doing a decision will never disappoint you for having to come up with a decision that conforms to morality.
(Anyone are also free to challenge this thesis statement and even to comment my deduction.)

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