| Moral dilemma | |
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| Nov 12, 2007 09:41 | #21   |
 | Morals come in all shades of grey (and gray too). And I will not be taking advice from Dodger... it is too risky! |
| Nov 12, 2007 11:17 | #22 |
| The individual that carries it measures morality, by his/hers standards and or principals. Nothing to do with education, it is an individualist attribute of the individual it self. The problem with morality is that as good as it is; it carries an evil side to it. Ones an individual start to impose his/her morality up on the others, then we have a totalitarian individual telling, worse demanding the many to follow, his/her moral standards under the penalty of coming across immoral. Example, a woman walks down the street with a very short mini skirt, so you have a number of individuals with a number of moral standards, now, she is to be judge as the individuals see her passing by. Rests assure that the judgment will be very different from each individual, based only on their moral standards. Not one shall impose his/her morality on to other; morality shall be cultivated as a personal matter, and by not means implemented as a social order. |
| Nov 12, 2007 20:39 | #23 |
| JC, Whilst your view makes some sense in your world, it should be realised (since you have a Chinese girlfriend) that in China & E.Asian societies, there has been this structured cultural & moral environment over the last 2000 yrs. The beauty of this is that there is some uniformity in determining what is "right" and "wrong", etc amongst the people brought up in this environment. And such cultural/moral education are part as well as over/above the general laws of the country. So, you will see that the Chinese, Koreans & Japanese would most likely see this post as a moral issue but not the rest of the world where such issues vary more from individual to individual, as you said. An example : your Chinese girlfriend will generally not know what to expect of you when faced with a "common" issue(to her) but will know how a Chinese man would view it. Therein lies what most of us term as "cultural differences". |
| Nov 13, 2007 12:20 | #24 |
| Gryokan, Interesting and eye opening point of view. Thank you, jcl. |
| Nov 13, 2007 12:26 | #25 |
| Paul’s opinion is simple but realistic. About Dodger advice, well I tag along Paul. (He, he,) |
| Nov 13, 2007 14:53 | #26 |
| Gyokan, Your last point was the most interesting to me. “your Chinese girlfriend will generally not know what to expect of you when faced with a "common" issue(to her) but will know how a Chinese man would view it.” It has given me a better understanding. Thanks, Dodger. |
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