Sunday, August 9, 2009
+ morality should be defined as the ability to make ethical decisions
Morality stems from the the concept of free will. If human beings have free will, they have the ability to make decisions based on their views of what is right and wrong.. i.e. ethical decisions. Morality therefore must derive primarily from human reasoning ability, and the freedom to exercise it. Lower animals do not have the reasoning ability required to make such decisions.. therefore we cannot say a lion is immoral because it cruelly kills gazelles, etc.
