Moral theory, might be wrong please help!
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2025 7:34 am
Morality is basically an evolved herd survival mechanism that hinges on trust, implicit or explicit, via proximity. So therefore any action that in any way damages the trust is immoral and any that builds it is considered moral, the judgment circles go like this
Kin
Community
Location/country/city
Humanity as a whole
Animals and other companions
Threats
Threats and the self
In-between these circles there rests the self, ie how a person rates themselves. Usually its in-between kin and community but its a variable that produces extreme altruism and narcissism. The treat circle if flexible as works only as long as the treat is present and after its neutralized the 4/5th circles start applying once more, i e you will shoot a man coming at you with a knife but you will not use lethal force against a surrendering solider.
Moral judgments
The morality can either be judged from a global perspective or a local one, a global perspective does not include any relativity from the target to those affected where a local perspective judges from the subjects point of view i e, think of whistleblower as we the global judge see them as moral yet the whistleblower himself usually still feels some sort of guilt even if it was for the better good.
Divine morality
I claim that divine morals are fake and religion only survives as it hedges on already preestablished instinct with promise of good things if you were to follow what you were already doing, examples for this would be people ignore pride/gluttony as sins as nobody judges the fat man nor do the hero to infinite suffering
Clarification on implicit trust
What I mean by implicit trust is that any agreement that is not directly stated for example "If I disagree with you, you will not bash my head open with a rock" or "Hey if i walk down this street I trust I will not be randomly attacked" as in my opinion its due to the fact we trust our fellow man that we are able to function in society without fear
Kin
Community
Location/country/city
Humanity as a whole
Animals and other companions
Threats
Threats and the self
In-between these circles there rests the self, ie how a person rates themselves. Usually its in-between kin and community but its a variable that produces extreme altruism and narcissism. The treat circle if flexible as works only as long as the treat is present and after its neutralized the 4/5th circles start applying once more, i e you will shoot a man coming at you with a knife but you will not use lethal force against a surrendering solider.
Moral judgments
The morality can either be judged from a global perspective or a local one, a global perspective does not include any relativity from the target to those affected where a local perspective judges from the subjects point of view i e, think of whistleblower as we the global judge see them as moral yet the whistleblower himself usually still feels some sort of guilt even if it was for the better good.
Divine morality
I claim that divine morals are fake and religion only survives as it hedges on already preestablished instinct with promise of good things if you were to follow what you were already doing, examples for this would be people ignore pride/gluttony as sins as nobody judges the fat man nor do the hero to infinite suffering
Clarification on implicit trust
What I mean by implicit trust is that any agreement that is not directly stated for example "If I disagree with you, you will not bash my head open with a rock" or "Hey if i walk down this street I trust I will not be randomly attacked" as in my opinion its due to the fact we trust our fellow man that we are able to function in society without fear