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Soja	Nov 15 2008, 09:40 PM
Gentle Water, Crashing Waves Posts: 5,176 Group: Global Moderator Member #451 Joined: October 15, 2005	I think we have deviated far from the original questions. Morality is something that will always be necessary in society. We can declare laws, negatively reinforce them, and all, but they won't mean anything unless a reason is given. To have that reason, we have to have a standard. Standards vary from culture to culture, but the basic tenets are usually the same. Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, etc. This is all to preserve order and maintain sanity. Observe: whenever there is a breakdown in order and people revert to their primal survival instincts and kill and steal in the name of number one, we see just what a lack of morality results in. People with loose morals also tend to make the biggest mistakes life offers. See teenage pregnancy, youth crime, etc. All this is not solely the fault of the upbringing, though. I still believe that a two-parent household working in cooperation with one another, sharing the responsibilities that life brings, is the best environment for child-rearing. However, individuals from single-parent households aren't necessarily worse off. What seems to be overlooked is that kids are individuals as well, and this is where the upbringing comes into play. Depending on how one was raised, on what moral teachings and examples he or she was influenced by, an individual may make good choices. Or they may make bad choices. There is no 100% accurate way to predict. My mom had every reason to be as abusive a parent as her parents were to her. But! She decided that she wasn't going to be like that because she hated that life. One could easily assume after hearing her story that she was going to grow up to be some kind of delinquent, but it would be completely wrong. This is not to say that the kind of upbringing that a parent gives a child doesn't matter, because it does. It just doesn't guarantee an outcome one way or the other. Morals are less about how a society conducts itself and more about how individuals conduct themselves. There is a decline in morality nowadays, without a doubt. I don't attribute it to any one factor, but a combination of variables. If people conducted themselves with a stronger moral fiber on a whole, there wouldn't be a need for law and punishment, now would there? But some people, many, won't respond to a standard unless there is a distinct backlash to them present, jail time for example. With greater freedom comes a greater responsibility for oneself and one's actions. I don't believe in pre-marital sex, or at least loose sexual practices. If you're in a committed relationship and use protection and understand that there are potential consequences even then, I don't see anything inherently wrong with that. When it comes to things like 'friends with benefits'? Well, you reap what you sow.
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