My Moral Values

Introduction Balancing own actions, and act ethically right are challenging, and I am in my private and professional life constantly searching for how to defend my actions morally. A system of moral principles is a definition of ethics in a culture or a group. Principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong are one definition of moral. I understand principles as values, and in that context my moral philosophy is a set of values. In this essay, I will explain my set of values its strength and weaknesses and how I will obey those values when I am facing moral dilemmas.
My moral philosophy With Freudian eyes, my childhood and the way my parents raised me are important for explaining my values and their origin. Secondly, my family, my profession and the Norwegian

My values are socially acceptable, and I find my moral actions supported by my surroundings. Furthermore In everyday life I feel secure that I have enough values in my toolbox to act morally right. On the other side, it is a weakness with my moral philosophy that it not always gives an answer. In my profession as a military officer, I face difficult moral dilemmas during training and operations. As a leader in war, I am responsible for making decisions about life and death, in a chaotic environment with limited information. It is easy to say that I always will act according to my values and the values of my society. Do I follow the laws of war or do I act towards the result of the greatest good? Will I torture someone to save my family or am I willing to sacrifice my soldiers, my family and myself in that perspective? When facing tough moral dilemmas, I have to look at both rules and consequences and based on my character and core values make the decision that I think is