The Pros And Cons Of Morality

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In today's world, many scholars and those in academia have come to teach young adults, that our age is an age without readily finadable, believable, and tangible truths. The hottest phrase of 2016 used to describe the year and its events, was Post-Truth, due to the perceived notion that truth, in of itself was no longer truth, and that the facts that made a truth, were no longer valid and that because there is no true truth, then the simple moral truths in Truth, no longer apply Of course those who can think logically and cogently can believe that some truth, no matter how relative must exist, that facts, and truth still hold validity of sorts. Yet it should be believable to some that in our everyday lives we see some truth, or what we perceive …show more content…

If we look at the past example provided above, it is not immoral to hurt someone else. Although some might argue against this point, stating that humanity has progressed to the point that even though truth and morality is subjective people will still find it morally reprehensible to kick a 3 year old, let alone steal. The question to ask after that would be simply, how is it immoral to steal, or to assault a small child? This question rests the argument upon the shoulders of those who believe truth and morality to be subjective. Their response would most likely be that by thinking critically 99% or above of humanity would find stealing and assaulting a small child to be morally bad. The response to this is where did this truth or morality come from? To which the subjective would respond that it comes from the people who think it. The final counter question, would be, what in their lives, taught them these ideas, because no one from a very young age inherently know what is “True” or what is “Moral”. This again leads to a problematic piece of logic. Those that argue for a Truth and a Morality that is subjective, must prove where Truth, and Morality came from. Therefore since they cannot answer where Truth and Morality came from, then the argument for an Absolute Truth, and Objective Morality must be

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