So who or what defines moral values?
That's the biggest problem that humanity has always faced. Always seeking justification and reason for the things we do or hope to do.
It's a supremely subjective thing, morality. It has billions and billions of variations, each legitimate in its own way to its owner- an individual human being.
For instance, we all know it is an abominable act to kill an infant human.
But what if by doing so, by killing the infant, we could save the lives of one million other infants who would otherwise be doomed to a more painful, excrutiating, death?
What about a thousand other infants?
Or even a dozen others?
Or even one?
Ok, so this is an EXTREME example I'm using and it's highly disturbing. It's right out of a psychopath's deranged mouth. But I hope the shock is enough to convey the immense gravity and import of my general questioning. (It's always unorthodox to use the seed of a madman's thought to sow truth in the minds of the sane, but it is highly effective and instructive.)
You see, if you were put in that horrible position of choosing between one life on one hand and a million on the other, what would be your choice?
Alright, for simplicity's sake: a choice between one infant's life on the one hand, and another infant's life on the other.
("Simplicity" indeed).
Who is to say that to choose one is more morally correct than to choose the other?
And, having seen that person make his terrible choice, which of us are in a position to judge him?
Who among us has the right to judge?
And by what standards do we judge?
That's why there will never be a moral answer to the great questions of history.
Contrast the sad, muddled case of morality with the clear case of power.
In comparisons and debates of power, the outcome is always clear. The side with more power wins. Enough said.
That's why in all of history the great decisions were always made by power, because morality could never give a clear answer.
Might makes right.
And in case this post isnt making sense, look at the title. I'm on a random stream of thought here.
