Last night I laid out on my front lawn and let my mind wander to where ever it wanted. After thinking about my sprinkling system and if it was turned on or off and after I thought about work and everyday problems my mind settled on morality. What makes up morality? Who decides what is considered moral, and is morality only a human concern as Albert Einstein hypothesised?
Moral universalism says that morality is universal and that it applies to every person, no matter culture, race, sex, religion, nationality, sexuality, or any other distinguishing feature. Almost everyone will agree that killing some one else is wrong, that's moral universalism. What bout cultures that practiced human sacrifice? How about modern countries that have committed mass genocide? We as a culture condemn killing other people but other places thought it was completely normal. So if something as big as killing people is up for a moral debate how can we possibly decide what is moral and immoral when it comes to dating, life style choices, and so on. Just because you think something is wrong doesn't make it so, others might think it's totally okay.
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