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Quote by: SoylentGreen  I think I see what you mean.
But I would disagree that morality is a practical discipline. For me it seems more of a fluid concept. Something that is molded to fit the given situation. |
Like politics, ethics (morality) is a practical discipline and always has been, ever since the concept existed. Like technology, which changes to better satisfy the needs of its users, and medicine, which changes to better preserve and extend human life, morality changes so it can better pave the way for the best manner of living.
Like technology and medicine, on base of people's desires and focuses, morality has taken different forms in different places at different times, but that doesn't mean every morality is equal to its task -- the machinery and medicine of third-world countries is markedly inferior to the machinery and medicine of Europe, for instance. Is that not also the case for morality? Westerners seem to receive benefits from our moralities that people in third-world countries do not enjoy.
That people may feel more or less satisfied with their morality makes no difference -- people in third-world countries may feel satisfied with their plumbing (because they know nothing better), but that does not mean it functions as well as, say, plumbing in North America.