Morality is the key towards a Civilized Society

What would you do if you found $50,000 dollars in a bank bag on the way home from work tonight? Would you turn it in and hope for a reward? Or would you keep it for yourself? Or would you just keep it for 24 hours so you could roll around in it for a while before returning it? Our answer speaks of our morality; of what we think is the right thing to do.

So what is morality? The simplest answer is that morality is the human attempt to define what is right and wrong about our actions and thoughts, and what is good and bad about our being who we are. It is a complex system of general principles and particular judgments based on cultural, religious, and philosophical concepts and beliefs. Cultures and groups regulate and generalize these concepts, thus regulates behavior. 

Morality is inseparable from civilized society. Because it regulates our behavior, and behavior governs our actions. And acting in a humane, ethical, reasonable and moral way is the basis of a civilized society where civilians know the difference between right and wrong. What is acceptable and what is not. In order to maintain this kind of society it is imperative that the actions of citizens of any country are moral in true sense. When a person is morally sound, he reshapes a society through his actions and behavior. He establishes the rules that drive society to be a civilized one. 

The normal, young individual has a fiery sense of Private Morality based on Individual Duty — and will act on its Individual Duty at any costs — even against substantial barriers. Most often, the individual is “shown the error of his ways” by the hard knocks of life — and after some years begins to respect the superior wisdom of Moral Custom. In this way, the nation’s Moral Custom is validated and strengthened. Those who persist very long in rebelling against Moral Custom, often wind up in prison.

Morality is the heart and soul of both the Individual and the Nation. Without the social rules, there would be anarchy. With the social rules, there can be social harmony, a steady economy, and stable leadership.

The major problem arises in world history when two nations who have vastly different Moral Customs clash on the world stage — and this leads to war. If there is any solution to war, that solution must balance the Freedom of each nation with a new set of Rules ;a Global Moral Custom.