Beliefs, Morals, and Values
When I think of beliefs, they define who people are individually as person by the choices we live by daily by believing in or not believing in something. Why do we believe what we believe? These beliefs are etched in our minds in childhood by the motivation family, church, and other organizations that can essentially be changed through the course of our lifetime by our own thoughts and interpretations.
Values are the taking of those beliefs we hold true inside, by exhibiting traits in how we conduct ourselves personally and professionally. It is of greater concern of what is the most important to you whether it is honesty, good will, trust, and so forth to contribute to achieving goals, leading others and tweak those values that are more important than others.
Morals are how we act and behave in given situations whether good or bad. It is essentially the choice between right and wrong. This code of morals a person establishes for themselves are really habits that can be significantly different from others by just simple upbringing. For example, in an environment where stealing to survive is acceptable can be transferred to younger children who are more likely to initiate those same morals even though it is wrong, but through their eyes they feel it is okay. If a person’s morals determine that they do or don’t do something which means they believe it is right or wrong by their moral standards. Also it is important to recognize that some morals change when society changes for what was once not acceptable is acceptable and vice versa.
*****Is man inherently good or inherently evil?**** This is definitely going to be a matter of opinion.
So what has framed the way of thinking for me in regards to good and evil by incorporating beliefs, values, and morals? This has derived from a little of several entities, not just narrowed by one way of thinking. Since I grew up with religion in my family the basis that all beings are with sin when they are born has been
Values are the taking of those beliefs we hold true inside, by exhibiting traits in how we conduct ourselves personally and professionally. It is of greater concern of what is the most important to you whether it is honesty, good will, trust, and so forth to contribute to achieving goals, leading others and tweak those values that are more important than others.
Morals are how we act and behave in given situations whether good or bad. It is essentially the choice between right and wrong. This code of morals a person establishes for themselves are really habits that can be significantly different from others by just simple upbringing. For example, in an environment where stealing to survive is acceptable can be transferred to younger children who are more likely to initiate those same morals even though it is wrong, but through their eyes they feel it is okay. If a person’s morals determine that they do or don’t do something which means they believe it is right or wrong by their moral standards. Also it is important to recognize that some morals change when society changes for what was once not acceptable is acceptable and vice versa.
*****Is man inherently good or inherently evil?**** This is definitely going to be a matter of opinion.
So what has framed the way of thinking for me in regards to good and evil by incorporating beliefs, values, and morals? This has derived from a little of several entities, not just narrowed by one way of thinking. Since I grew up with religion in my family the basis that all beings are with sin when they are born has been
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