Talk:Morality

Forgive me for wading in and attempting a major edit but the article is only at start class and i hope you feel my changes are improvements.richard holt — Preceding unsigned comment added by Richard holt (talk • contribs) 22:24, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Small deletion

Paragraph "In any society, actual behavior patterns diverge.." deleted as not relevant to morals as construct/in definition. Whilst I like the first sentence I couldn't leave it standalone. The remainder, in my opinion, is of the class "this [subjectively classed] group of people (pundits) definitely do [semi-subjectively classed] action (pose politically)", which strikes me as unnecessary/POV. mr happyhour 18:10 04 AUG 06

potential resources

• A Perfect Moral Storm: The Ethical Tragedy of Climate Change (Environmental Ethics and Science Policy) by Stephen Gardiner (Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and the Program on Values in Society, University of Washington, Seattle) Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (May 4, 2011) ISBN-13: 978-0195379440 [1]

• Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril by Editors Kathleen Dean Moore and Michael P. Nelson, publisher Trinity University Press; 1st Printing edition (August 31, 2010) ISBN-13: 978-1595340665

• Ethics of Climate Change: Right and Wrong in a Warming World (Think Now) by James Garvey publisher Continuum (March 21, 2008) ISBN-13: 978-0826497376

• A Moral Climate: The Ethics of Global Warming by Michael S. Northcott publisher Orbis Books (October 31, 2007) ISBN-13: 978-1570757112

See global warming (climate change), ethics, effects of climate change on humans (effects of global warming in general for non-humans), risks to civilization, humans and planet Earth, Climate ethics, Climate justice

99.190.87.173 (talk) 21:20, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

Some of those sources are clearly unreliable; still, there may be a possible improvement in the article related to them. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 14:46, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

wikilinked publisher. 99.181.141.143 (talk) 03:33, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Question about the Moral Core section

The section on the "moral core," specifically the first sentence, confused me. It currently reads: Another related concept is the moral core which is assumed to be innate in each individual, to those who accept that differences between individuals are more important than posited Creators or their rules. This, in some religious systems and beliefs (e.g. Taoism and Gnosticism), is assumed to be the basis of all aesthetics and thus moral choice. Moral codes as such are therefore seen as coercive—part of human politics.

A less confusing way to word it might be: Another related concept is the moral core which is assumed to be innate in each individual. In contrast to the idea of a "creator" and the creator's rules or moral code, belief in a moral core focuses on the similarities and differences between individuals. This, in some religious systems and beliefs (e.g. Taoism and Gnosticism), is assumed to be the basis of all aesthetics and thus moral choice. Moral codes as such are therefore seen as coercive—part of human politics.

However, the topic of the importance of similarities (and differences?) between individuals would benefit from some further elaboration. Any suggestions?

Thanks, Joel — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jnewton37 (talk • contribs) 20:10, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Needs improvement tags

I added some tags. With such a high volume of readers, I feel that it merits a good deal of improvement. --Airborne84 (talk) 03:13, 26 December 2011 (UTC)