Through this introduction to Mill’s
writing, I see that this was written in a different time period that I’m
unaccustomed to. The writing is dense and some sentences are the length of
paragraphs. With this being said, from this first short reading I grasped the
Mill is on a search for a standard to morality. Understandably so because it
seems as if most everyone’s moral code consists of similar traits. This
correlation between people and their basis of morality can certainly lead to a
simplified list of things that are moral and amoral. In theory this should
work, however I think this prospect isn’t possible. It’s too difficult to boil
down such a vast and complex topic into a simple list. There is too much that
goes into morality for it to be easily compressed to a certain baseline of
morality. If this was to be done then I believe that morals would be left out.
The real reason why our moral codes
seem to line up is because we have all been influenced by similar if not the
same things. As Americans, a lot of our morals are shaped from things found
within the bible. The same could be said in other countries but their holy book
could be the Thora or the Quran. Most of the morality we have learned have come
from holy texts which share similarities. Today’s society’s morals are linked
with these religious texts. Even if you are not a religious person, these
ideals have seeped out of the religion and has inserted itself into everyday
society. These morals aren’t thought of as religious doctrine, but as ways we
as humans should live and interact with one another.
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