Thursday, October 15, 2009

This is Why We Move

I believe that there is no universal morality, but I believe that is why each individual nation has such a distinct set of laws. You cannot encompass everyone's values in any set of laws, that would literally be impossible. I believe that this is a big reason for immigration between countries. People move away from the United States if they do not believe in the way our land is governed. In turn people also move to the United States (an example of this would be illegal immigration from Cuba) because they feel that the way this land is governed is much more closely related to their own moral umbrellas. Most people in America have similar moral values because it is tradition passed down from generation to generation. As the generations go on, our moral umbrellas are spreading. This can tie back into feminist jurisprudence. As we go on in the United States we are creating more opportunities for women that we as a nation didn't always see as morally essential. Each country is [free] to do its best to influence other countries as they see fit (an example being segregation in South Africa)- but it is ultimately up to the country in question to lead their citizens. Some countries may even be narrowing their moral umbrellas, it is all just a matter of society. Which ever way the government pushes the society (Whether influenced within the government itself, or influenced by citizens that push for change) is the way the moral umbrella will fall.

3 comments:

  1. I agree that there is no universal morality. Every nation has a different culture. And that particular nation will have its own morals. These morals may not be consistent with the morals of other nations. If morality and the law do go hand in hand then that is why some laws differ in different nations.

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  2. Every nation has it own moral code. I think that we all agree the morals of America in the 1940's were a lot different then Morals of Nazi Germany. So as you can see the people that is why our world is so diverse.

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  3. I agree on your point of view that the moral umbrella is spreading as the years and that is the only way morality is going to be universal. It will not ever be universal but with an exponential equation eventually reaching the end of mankind, morality will be perfect. This is a stupid argument however, because it will never happen, but I think that morality should be judged as the whole world and not just down to the individual level.

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