what are the definitions of morality and immorality?
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They are just perceptions and only relative to each person.\n\n2000 years ago, is was moral to have slaves. \n100 years ago, it was moral to listen to your pope.\n400 years ago, it was moral to listen to your king.\n\neveryone has a different morality, regardless of religon or culture.
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I'm not sure I exactly understand the supposition you're making.  In general, however, I would argue that moral and legal can be viewed as a Venn diagram - an act can be both, one of the other, or neither.  We probably wouldn't want it any other way, actually - hence the saying that "you can't legislate morality."
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Yes, especailly if morality is a human construct and thus subjective. In that case it's quite obvious that the emotions generated by cognition drive morality in humans.\n\nAs for an Objective Morality, take a look at this:\n\nDesire Utilitarianism:\n\nhttp://www.infidelguy.com/members/AlonzoFyfe/article_du.shtml\n\nPS: And If your REALLY interested in this moral system, Alonzo offers an entire online book on it.\n\nIf I recall correctly, he made his Doctorate Thesis on Desire Utilitarianism.\n\nhttp://www.infidelguy.com/members/AlonzoFyfe/desire_utilitarianism.shtml
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Kant's THE METAPHYSICS OF MORALS. \n\nAristotle (BTW -- he came up with The Golden Rule 500 years before Jesus).\n\nPlato's THE THEATETUS\n\nSomerset Maugham's THE RAZOR'S EDGE
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it is immoral but not illegal
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PRO: Sets a behavioral standard for society, in which all people are treated equal.\nCON: morality can be subjective, and what might be good for one culture may not necessarily carry the same weight with another (look at the US compared to Saudi Arabia)
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Values are the things you hold dear. Literally, the things you value. Some people can have bad values. THat is, they value things that are worthless or meaningless in the grand scheme of things. Values are a relative thing, unlike morals.
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Yes. By using the example of the immorality of others, feel free to commit crimes. Sheesh.
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Ethics is your personal code of conduct which you follow.\nNot to be confused with "morals" which is society's code of conduct.
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Human morals lead ethics in law. The concept is that we have a universal code that we need to live up to as human beings. For some, that's religion. For others, that's just the law. \n\nWe tie those morals into the law so that it's not optional. You follow the rules or you pay the consequences. It's that simple.\n\nLaws we make should be just and in good conscience. What's more, we should make them fairly and always have the means to repeal them or change them.
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I suppose it all depends on your own morality. Breaking the law does not necessarily make you an immoral person i.e. a father stealing a loaf of bread to feed his family. Its a slippery slope, though, because sometimes the letter of the law overrides the intent. Some laws seem immoral to me. Any law that deprives people of personal liberty is immoral, be it looking at what books you read at the library or banning cigarette smoking in a bar.
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its not immoral.. society wants us to think it is because the majority of people cant accept what they dont understand. They fear people who are not like them and therefore need to villify us because we do not fit the cookie cutter standards.
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Integrity.  In the big things and the small things its integrity that tells us whether a person will act with honor when the big things happen.
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character and decency
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inmoral I would say\n\n:> peace\n.
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I think that's a really good question. If I accept the premise that God cannot ask us to do anything that is not moral, then that implies there is a morality independent of Him. On the other hand, if I accept the position that I must do whatever God wants me to do, then I have no way to ascertain whether God is asking me to do right or wrong - I must simply do what He says.
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Moral values guide your decisions about the most important decisions in life.  Life and Death, War and Peace, Wrath or Compassion.  \n\nIf you generally support war, punishment, agression, violence and killing of those you hate, then you are immoral.  If you lack compassion and your actions promote a lack of compassion then you may be considered immoral.\n\nMorality is also about personal choices you make which affect others, such as lying, cheating, or bearing false witness.\n\nMorality in my view is not about consentual sexuality, dress, language or decisions about drugs or alcohol.  Those are issues of preference and control (self control and control over others.)