People differ also as to the nature and source of the obligation in question, some believing it to be in a law of God, others believing it to be a trait of our nature which impels us towards what will ensure our happiness or at least our survival. People may differ concerning what is right or wrong, as when some consider euthanasia or capital punishment to be morally permissible while for others these are wrong because they are the deliberate taking of a human life. Recognition of such a distinction and the accompanying sense of obligation are universal. And if you press the question it will emerge that at the core of the experience which we call morality is, first, recognition of a distinction between right and wrong, good and evil, and, second, a sense of obligation to do what is good and right, and to avoid what is evil and wrong. If you ask someone what being moral means, the reply is likely to be along the lines of one of the following: вЂ doing whatвЂ™s right and avoiding whatвЂ™s wrongвЂ™, вЂdoing good and avoiding evilвЂ™, вЂkeeping the moral lawвЂ™, вЂacting according to conscienceвЂ™ вЂ“ or, if the person is religious, вЂkeeping the CommandmentsвЂ™, or вЂkeeping GodвЂ™s lawвЂ™, or perhaps вЂfollowing JesusвЂ™.

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In this book, (one of вЂInto the Classroom seriesвЂ™) designed for second level teachers, Patrick Hannon examines some understandings of morality and the implications of these understandings for personal moral decision making.ДЎ55 pp. Home > Latest > Moral decision making Moral decision making

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