MORAL MAZE
Morality has been laughed at, spat upon and been the subject of countless TV shows, but why does it even exist in the first place? It can be defined as good behaviour, conduct or simply as ‘the right thing to do’. People like to have a view on this but the question is whether it is a Relative thing which changes over time or whether it has an Absolute character. If it was wrong to steal in the past, we think it is still wrong in the present and that it will be in the future. Morality applies to big issues like international justice and ‘small’ ones such as telling the truth. We look for morality in politicians to be worthy of our vote, heroes to be worthy of acclaim and others to be worthy of our trust and yet … we find it hard to honestly review our own morality knowing we often fall short! Left or right then in the moral maze? First then, the wider perspective:
- ‘I just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing’ – Damian Lewis