My moral point of view?
I just had to write on a prompt that went something like this.
My idea of the meaning and purpose of life is __________. It has been formed by __________. It seems right to me, or I justify it because __________.
Surprisingly, I had trouble getting started. I know, right? I decided it would be beneficial to everyone if I just…didn’t take this seriously.
My introduction is as follows:
As the late, great George Carlin once said, “There’s no present. There’s only the immediate future and the recent past.” In a way, living a moral life has a lot to do with living the way Carlin describes. Morality is based on our individual beliefs and our environments. My personal idea of the meaning and purpose of life is to live as well as you can and, every once and a while, do something that helps someone else. Briefly, the things that have formed this view include the way I was brought up and the things I have learned in my life so far. I can justify this because…well, to be honest, I can’t actually justify this, but I can always try.
My conclusion is even better. It’s where I just gave up completely on making a convincing argument.
I can’t justify why my views on morality are right. They’re just what I think. Revisiting the Carlin quote from above, there really is no present. There are things we have done and things we are about to do. As long as we balance our ‘recent past’ and ‘immediate future’ so our lives are not negatively affecting the lives of others, our morals are fine.
And that, kids, is your less on “Values and the Responsible Lifestyle” for tonight.
