I've become obsessed with morals lately. I remember learning a little bit about existentialism my freshman year (in a theatre class, of all places). Not that I could summarize it for you right here, but one of the basic tenets of existentialism is that there is no good in the universe, except what you put there yourself. That is, good does not exist unless you make it. (Bit of a humanist view there; people=God.)
My point is, can there be some truth to this? I mean, obviously, "every good and perfect gift comes from God," etc. etc., but would this make a good reason to be moral?
My point is, can there be some truth to this? I mean, obviously, "every good and perfect gift comes from God," etc. etc., but would this make a good reason to be moral?
posted by Lindsay at 3:11 PM
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I think the opposite is the truth. That is the world and creation is naturally good. It is our sin which causes the world to be imperfect. That is to say if no one felt the desire to do anything evil the world would naturally be moral. It is the mirror/opposite image of the idea that there is no good in the universe, except what you put there yourself.
Yeah, what Levi said makes sense, but I'm all for doing some good to make a difference. There was a quote in our book from my Art of the Essay class: "Why should we wait until everyone is doing it to do the right thing?" It is obvious that the world is full of sin and people are inherently bad, but if we just accept that idea and do nothing ourselves, then nothing would change, it would get worse. If nothing else this is a hopeful outlook; this thinking would allow for people to give it a try and effect change. Stand out and do the right thing.
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