Moral Theories
Title: Moral Theories
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 1031 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Moral Theories
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 1031 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Moral Theories
Philosophy has for thousands of years attempted to tell us how to live morally. In this attempt there have been two major types of theories, skeptical and non-skeptical. To generalize skeptical theories conclude that ultimately we cannot compose a logical moral theory that we can apply to all situations, and expect every individual to fallow.
Most of these theories make an argument of subjectivism, claiming that humans are separated by either culture or
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would be morally correct if a majority of the people desired it, and it created more “happiness” then “unhappiness”. Conversely if we apply it to the Social Contract and the Principal of Nondiscrimination it seams that such laws and actions would be immoral. Homosexuality is not a choice of its members, and does not seam to create significantly different people, therefore if it were a grounds for discrimination that would violate the Principle of Nondiscrimination.