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The class discussion surrounding chapter one of On Moral Grounds contained many highlights of the reading’s perspective about morality. The group leaders brought out actual examples of morality, morality as human, amoral things only mere objects on their own, but once put in a certain situation that threatens the well-being of a human the objects instantly become immoral. “How things affect people is what morality is all about.” from page, eight of On Moral Grounds clearly states the fact that objects can become immoral. Also discussed in class were: who decides what is morality? The different cultural aspects on morality as it varies from society to society, and religion’s involvement with morality. An actual definition of morality was not identified; rather it was supported with different examples of moral actions and feelings that surround the word morality. However, many people said that the reading stated morality as very black and white and they believe that nobody is always moral or all immoral, but have shady places in between.

While reviewing the edisscussion posts, there were many different examples cited of humans acting moral in certain situations. Some people said that they did not fully understand the reading, while others enjoyed the authors’ opinions about morals and ethics. The stories that the authors used seemed to strike a nerve, and many people talked about the moral actions of the characters and how this makes them feel on a moral basis.

We thought that our classmate gave an excellent interpretation of how morality changes from culture to culture. “I now believe that the definition of “moral” does not fluctuate among individuals; rather, the interpretation—or how an individual responds to their interpretation- of “moral” does indeed fluctuate among persons of different races, family backgrounds, religions, political views, and so on.”


Another important aspect of the discussion was the thought of self-sacrifice. Many quoted Plato as means of support. “Plato writes that only those in love are willing to die for the other.” We thought that this was an interesting concept; especially that it was common in the responses of college students. Do we feel as though we need to be in love to fully grasp life? Who knows, but the concept set off many interesting responses among our peers.

All in all, we felt as though there were many different opinions on morality, and this helped to define an encouraging class discussion, and interesting ediscussion posts.

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