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For And Against
November 27, 2013 by kmabarrett
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Kevin Barrett's Blog 
Morality is always changing but it doesn’t change the ‘right’ or the ‘wrong’. This is where decision must come in, “I will do right!” Then doing is followed by self-discipline, courage, and faithfulness to the ideal,
I disagree with your opening statement: morality is always changing AND this does change the ‘right’ and the ‘wrong’. This is the crux of the problem. The question is not is something right or wrong because I learned it as a child. The question is have circumstances changed so that now something once viewed as “wrong/evil” is acceptable. Then, do you agree?
I agree, though, that once one has determined what is right and wrong (in the now), the decision MUST be made to act on one’s beliefs and have the courage of the belief.
This is the problem the “good” people of Germany had during National Socialism. They knew that evil was happening in their name, but they did nothing about it, because it didn’t seem to affect them and then they didn’t want to be persecuted (punished and killed) for supporting the “others”.
The problem is…who gets to decide what’s right and what’s wrong?
Well, I believe it is the individual who must make their own decision based on their conscience. The catch is being able to live with the decision. Most times that is a figurative expression – one “only” suffers peer pressure to conform. Occasionally, the majority relieves you of the decision – that is, you don’t get to live.
I think a (the) problem is… what happens when you are living in a time of changing morality?