Fri, 19 May 2017 12:42:20 +0000 What is morality? Morality or ethics is the aggregate of standards or rules of behaviour in society, reflecting the people’s ideas of justice, good and evil, honour and dishonour etc. In contrast to legal standards, moral standards and rules are not recorded in laws, but are maintained by force of public opinion, customs, habits and education, by force of man’s conviction. They determine man’s attitude to society, to the family and other persons and other nations. The Rise of Morality Morality arose with the birth of human society. Society has always made definite demands on its members expressed in moral standards. The standards are not eternal. They change with society’s development under the influence of changes in production and above all in relations of production. In primitive society moral standards were equal for all members. With the appearance of classes they began to reflect the interests of one class […]
