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Who decides what morality is?
The ruling majority along with their continuously evolving perceptions on what would put order in the society as a whole.
* That’s an equitable question. I refer to Shakespeare, “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”. Morality therefore is agreed, by mutual consent. An artificial construct. Protocols engineered by society, defined by cult(ural) values. Each cult(ure) agrees on a set of rules, employed, in the exchange of social interactions.
* This is a false question based on numerous presuppositions that need to first be hashed out. If morality is objective then it requires grounding in ultimate being. If morality is subjective then it is ultimately meaningless. Stoics classically grounded morality in Zeus aka ultimate being, reason and Logos. In modernity we like to discard ultimate being, making morality subjective and meaningless. Ergo what we are left with the claims of the Sophists whom Socrates argued against.
* You do. The trick is finding what’s truly worthwhile then acting in accordance with those values without equivocation.
* That’s the thing. It’s not decided. Morality should be applied on a case to case basis. That’s why you…
