Ethics #2

If there were no moral absolutes than the world would hectic. The United States is a place that is founded on absolute truths. We have laws and if you don’t follow those laws then you will be punished. For the most part our society has been successful because we have been able to sustain it. With no moral absolutes there is no hope at all.

Believing in no moral absolutes is taking the easy way out. Thinking that there is no absolute truth is ridiculous because as humans we know that murder is wrong. If you were to argue with this statement then you are probably insane. We are born with a sense of right and wrong. Some people call them instincts, your conscious or the moral law/code. You can call it whatever you want, but we were born with it. To deny this is absolutely preposterous. Without rules we would live in a world of chaos.

If a society were based on no absolute truth it would fail instantly. With no rules there would be senseless killings and people would be stealing right and left. With no structure you cant get anything substantial done. The idea that what is good for you might not be good for me is nonsense. With this society it does not reward the hard working man, because someone could steal all of his money and it would be just fine: you couldn’t do anything about it because there would be no law enforcement because they believe its not needed. In my opinion this society is corrupt, selfish, evil, and unjust. 

Karma

            Karma is defined by dictionary.com as “an action, seen as bringing upon oneself inevitable results, good or bad, either in this life or in a reincarnation.” This means that you control your life’s outcome with the decisions that you make. If you live a good life and are nice to people you will be rewarded. If you are a bad person you will be punished by Karma. In the video the guy said, “Everything happens for a reason.” I believe that, but I believe that God makes everything happen for a reason not Karma. While karma seems at first to hold some Christian principle in the end it falls short. At first this could seem like the logical answer to life: good people are rewarded while bad people are punished. This seems fair but Karma doesn’t answer a lot of basic questions. According to Karma what is evil? What is good? Is there a universal right and wrong or are they relevant to the situation? Karma fails to answer these crucial questions. If there is a universal right and wrong then where did it come from? If Karma is true then that means that everyone who is poor or has a disability must have lived a sinful life because they are not as fortunate as others. Karma just doesn’t answer any of the basic questions about this world we live in therefore it is a fictitious world-view.