Every person in his life has encountered the concept of morality more than once. However, not everyone knows its true meaning. In the modern world, the problem of morality is very acute. After all, many people lead an incorrect and dishonest lifestyle. What is human morality? How does it relate to concepts such as ethics and morality? What behavior can be considered moral and why?
What does the concept of “morality” mean?
Very often morality is identified with morality and ethics. However, these concepts are not entirely similar. Morality is a set of norms and values of a particular person. It includes an individual’s ideas about good and evil, about how one should and should not behave in various situations.
Each person has his own criteria of morality. What seems completely normal to one is completely unacceptable to another. So, for example, some people have a positive attitude towards civil marriage and do not see anything bad in it. Others consider such cohabitation immoral and sharply condemn premarital relationships.
Principles of moral behavior
Despite the fact that morality is a purely individual concept, there are still common principles in modern society. First of all, these include the equality of rights of all people. This means that there should be no discrimination against a person on the basis of gender, race or any other basis. All people are equal before the law and the court, everyone has the same rights and freedoms.
The second principle of morality is based on the fact that a person is allowed to do everything that does not contradict the rights of other people and does not infringe on their interests. This includes not only issues regulated by law, but also moral and ethical standards. For example, deceiving a loved one is not a crime. However, from a moral point of view, the one who deceives causes suffering to the individual, and therefore infringes on his interests and acts immorally.
The meaning of morality
Some people believe that morality is only a necessary condition for going to heaven after death. During life, it has absolutely no effect on a person’s success and does not bring any benefit. Thus, the meaning of morality is to cleanse our soul from sin.
In fact, such an opinion is erroneous. Morality is necessary in our lives not only for a specific person, but also for society as a whole. Without it, there will be arbitrariness in the world, and people will destroy themselves. As soon as eternal values disappear in a society and habitual norms of behavior are forgotten, its gradual degradation begins. Theft, debauchery, and impunity flourish. And if immoral people come to power, the situation worsens even more.
Thus, the quality of life of humanity directly depends on how moral it is. Only in a society where basic moral principles are respected and observed can people feel secure and happy.
Morals and ethics
Traditionally, the concept of “morality” is identified with morality. In many cases, these words are used interchangeably, and most people do not see a fundamental difference between them.
Morality represents certain principles and standards of behavior of people in various situations, developed by society. In other words, it is a public point of view. If a person follows established rules, he can be called moral, but if he ignores them, his behavior is immoral.
What is morality? The definition of this word differs from morality in that it does not apply to society as a whole, but to each individual person. Morality is a rather subjective concept. What is the norm for some is unacceptable for others. A person can be called moral or immoral based only on his personal opinion.
Modern morality and religion
Everyone knows that any religion calls a person to virtue and respect for basic moral values. However, modern society puts human freedom and rights at the forefront of everything. In this regard, some of God's commandments have lost their relevance. So, for example, few people can devote one day a week to serving the Lord due to their busy schedule and fast pace of life. And the commandment “thou shalt not commit adultery” for many is a restriction on the freedom to build personal relationships.
Classic moral principles regarding the value of human life and property, help and compassion for others, condemnation of lies and envy remain in force. Moreover, now some of them are regulated by law and can no longer be justified by supposedly good intentions, for example, the fight against infidels.
Modern society also has its own moral values, which are not outlined in traditional religions. These include the need for constant self-development and self-improvement, determination and energy, the desire to achieve success and live in abundance. Modern people condemn violence in all its forms, intolerance and cruelty. They respect human rights and his desire to live as he sees fit. Modern morality places emphasis on human self-improvement, transformation and development of society as a whole.
The problem of youth morality
Many people say that modern society has already begun to decay morally. Indeed, crime, alcoholism and drug addiction are thriving in our country. Young people do not think about what morality is. The definition of this word is completely foreign to them.
Very often, modern people put values such as pleasure, an idle life and fun at the forefront of everything. At the same time, they completely forget about morality, guided only by their selfish needs.
Modern youth have completely lost such personality qualities as patriotism and spirituality. For them, morality is something that can interfere with freedom and limit it. Often people are ready to commit any act to achieve their goals, without thinking at all about the consequences for others.
Thus, today in our country the problem of youth morality is very acute. Solving it will require more than a decade and a lot of effort on the part of the government.
Morality and corresponding moral standards are the basis of civilization and humanity of any society. When morality and moral foundations collapse, society collapses and people degrade, which we can observe in our modern civilization, which is increasingly drowning in.
- this is following certain Spiritual (moral) Principles: the principles of Honor, Conscience, Duty, Justice, Love, etc. Morality is the essence of the true Dignity of Man. A truly Worthy Person is a person whom one cannot help but respect; with all his manifestations he evokes respect, reverence, approval, and love.
- this is the one who implements these spiritual principles in his life and they are embodied in himself in the knowledge of the corresponding beliefs and personal qualities such as honor, honesty, etc.
To paraphrase, morality can be defined as follows. – this is the conformity of ideas, beliefs, values, actions and all manifestations of a person with moral norms, universal human values (kindness, non-violence, honesty, respect, etc.), and ideally with all Spiritual Laws.
It is Morality that is an indicator of the degree of spirituality of a Person and Society. What is Spirituality - .
Morality and the morality it generates (rules of behavior, etc.) were previously formed by Religion, commandments (Spiritual Laws in a religious interpretation), but are now largely destroyed. Of course, it needs to be revived and formed purposefully.
What is the basis of Morality? What gives birth to morality and what destroys it
The basis of morality is the distinction between and and the choice of the path of Good. About whether Good and Evil exist -. It is the understanding of what is Good, what is considered Worthy, and what is Bad, what is unworthy, shameful, unacceptable for a Man, that determines moral standards.
It is precisely because of the lack of adequate ideas about Good and Evil in modern society that morality is in decline, people are stricken with vices and ignorance, and society as a whole is rapidly decomposing.
There is also a misconception that Morality is a set of restrictions that encroach on a person’s freedom, restrain and block the manifestation of his individuality. This is huge stupidity! Morality provides the vector, path and conditions for upward movement under which a person can grow, develop at the greatest speed, be protected from vices, possible moral decay and degradation, and be invulnerable to evil. It was during the highest periods of spiritual flourishing, when the moral standard was realized to the maximum extent in society, in the upbringing of personnel, citizens, in culture, education, in the traditions of society, that the great empires and states reached their highest level of development, civilization, culture, to which even Many modern states still have a long way to go.
The true evolution of man is impossible without a moral life, subordinate to the fair interests of the society in which he lives; high moral principles, honor, conscience, helping those in need, constant enlightenment with knowledge...
In this article I would like to touch upon one of the most interesting topics, in my opinion: the question of the connection between human morality and his evolution. To expand on the topic, it is first necessary to shed light on the concepts themselves. "moral" And "evolution".
Moral- this is life according to conscience, when in thoughts, words and deeds a person is guided by the commandments of our great ancestors and the voice of reason, multiplied by the love of the heart.
Evolution- this is the development of bodies of the Essence of a person, additional to the physical body, or, in other words, bodies of the Soul, with the receipt of which a person acquires new opportunities and abilities. This is what allows a person to expand the range of his perception of reality and, upon reaching a certain level of development, to control space and matter.
The truth, forgotten by many, is that without moral life, true evolution is impossible. Nowadays, the interchangeability of the concepts “development” and “evolution” is widespread in society, although they do not mean the same thing. For example, a person learning a foreign language develops, that is, develops and increases his knowledge of the language being studied. Or a person involved in any sport also develops certain physical parameters. But neither a foreign language nor sports help a person make a qualitative leap, both in his perception and in his capabilities.
No matter how many languages a person studies, and no matter how many sports he masters, he will still live within the existing limitations of the five senses. And this is a fact. The fact is so heavy and capacious that it is impossible not to comprehend it. It means that the mere accumulation of information does not at all guarantee the emergence of new opportunities and abilities in a person, and also does not make a person rational and moral. After all, the very word “ intelligence“means nothing more than “a mind sanctified by the divine light of truth,” and this light appears in a person from living according to conscience, that is, from a moral life. And there is no other way for this light to appear. Academician Nikolay Levashov wrote about it like this:
“...Even our ancestors shared two concepts - MIND and REASON! And in their understanding, these two concepts were fundamentally different from each other, although these two words have a common root, MIND! Matter, having realized its existence, acquires MIND! And only when the bearers of the mind achieve enlightenment with knowledge, only then does MIND appear!!! The ability to think does not yet mean intelligence - a state when a person is enlightened by knowledge, knowledge of the laws of nature from which he was born!..”(“Source of Life-5”).
This can be confirmed by academics who are unable to go beyond the existing dogmas in science; scientists plying each other for lucrative positions and titles; highly educated members of the governments of the world, whose actions contradict all norms of morality and rationality; businessmen who, for the sake of short-term profit, disfigure the environment with pollution from their industries, and so on, and so on...
During just one of his lives in the physical body, a moral person can complete the planetary cycle of his evolution, developing in himself the etheric, astral and four mental bodies, which, together with the physical, make up the seven human bodies, which corresponds to the seven levels of the Earth formed by the seven primary matters. As Nikolai Levashov wrote, “The presence of mental bodies gives the person who has them colossal mental power, through which such a person can influence the processes occurring in nature, both on a local and on a planetary scale. Only with the power of your thoughts can you influence and control the processes occurring in human society. See and hear the past, present and future... and much more. Such power should and can only be had by a person with pure thoughts, a pure soul and a heart open to goodness.”(“Last appeal to humanity”). And the completion of the planetary cycle of human development gives him the opportunity to begin a qualitatively new stage of his development: cosmic stage of evolution.
After the death of the physical body, the Essence (Soul) of a person falls to the level of the Earth that corresponds to the evolutionary level that the Essence managed to achieve during the current life in the physical body. And no matter how smart a person is, no matter how much regalia, power and wealth he has, but if his life was not moral, he will not be able to get to the high levels of our planet for one simple reason: during his life such a person was not able to develop in himself the higher bodies of the Essence that provide such an opportunity. And if a person lived by instincts (emotions) or with a predominance of them, then he finds himself on the lower astral level of the planet, where criminals and simply unspiritual people, who are surrounded on these “floors” of the Earth by various “astral animals,” serve their “punishment.” And if the people who get there have weak energy protection, then, in the literal sense of the word, they can be eaten by these creatures. A “the death of the Essence means that all the evolutionary experience and achievements of all the incarnations that the Essence had disappear forever... this is evolutionary death...”(“Last appeal to humanity”).
Many people do not believe that by living morally they will be able to get what they want from life, because they see that often those who lead immoral lives have success and prosperity, in the modern understanding of these terms. Such people forget that external material success and wide access to various pleasures are bought at too high a price: loss of Soul and, quite possibly, the impossibility of a further thousand-year life.
Our ancestors lived according to Vedic laws, which were given to them by their patrons - the Gods. Who were these Gods? By gods, the Slavic-Aryans understood people whose level of development far exceeded their own level. And the Gods of the Slavs - Svarog, Perun, Veles, Lada the Virgin and others - gave them moral commandments, the fulfillment of which inevitably leads a person to enlightenment with knowledge, the creation of ever new bodies of the Essence, and endless development. Fortunately for us, after many centuries of concealment of the “Slavic-Aryan Vedas”, some of them have now been published and are available for reading by everyone interested in the true past of Rus' and the whole world. And this means for us an excellent opportunity to study and understand the moral foundations on which the lives of our great ancestors were built, and therefore the opportunity to build our own lives on a solid foundation, proven by thousands of years of history.
Be truthful in Soul and Spirit,
The worlds hold on to the Truth. Their gate is Truth;
For it is said that in Truth rests Immortality.
(“Slavic-Aryan Vedas”, Santiya Vedas of Perun. First Circle. Santiya 4).
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Typically, the words morality and ethics are used interchangeably; they are often used as synonyms. But what is meant by the concept of morality? The term “morality” is the identification of free will, that is, the internal attitude of the individual, the foundation for which is a number of norms, ideas and principles. She is able to determine how a person will behave in a given situation.
The fact is that moral qualities are formed every day and every minute and from the moment of making a direct decision. We can safely say that the level of morality directly depends on what country a person came from and what his attitude towards himself and people is. Society highlights its own ideals and invites people to live up to them. But after all, every person is, first of all, an individual, and he has not recently left the incubator, so he must necessarily have his own opinion.
What are moral values?
Every citizen of the country must have in his head his own template and embodiment of values that can be called unusual. There is no right decision; each person has his own path and awareness of which direction to move in and where exactly to start. The thing is. that every person tries to unconsciously repeat the action or even the fate of another person. This is simply the psychology of each of us; we tend to make stereotyped decisions, which often become disappointments. And in the creative years it is not at all difficult, because a person is essentially a very vulnerable creature and often gets lost in one situation or another, trying to find a way out of it. Loyalty in an instant turns into hypocrisy, and kindness becomes deception.
What about morality? What is meant by this concept? Is this really the very understanding of life and the assessment of the actions of not only your own, but also other people? This is, in fact, a special choice, according to conscience, which a person makes consciously on the one hand, but not on the other hand.
Characteristics of morality
Is it possible to characterize the concept of “morality” in one precise formulation? If there is such a term, it is definitely worth highlighting its key qualities that allow you to describe the word. The category of moral qualities includes: honesty, kindness, sincerity, decency, politeness and most importantly - compassion. Each person can find in this series the qualities that he possesses. Don’t forget that there is also love, respect and mutual understanding. As one popular wisdom says, there is no true love without mutual respect. Right now we can look at this term using the example of individual professions, and it can be noted that a judge is justice, a soldier is courage, and for a doctor the most important quality is compassion. Is it possible, with the help of some levers, to achieve the manifestation of these qualities in an adult or a child? Thanks to education, you can do this, but moral education can be called a complex and at the same time unusually purposeful process, in which no pauses are allowed. You either educate a person every day, or you don’t educate him at all. This is the close interaction between the student and the person who calls himself a teacher.
How is a person’s morality formed?
A teacher must have the same moral qualities that were listed above. To develop a moral personality, you will need a colossal amount of time and patience, and not every teacher can do this. You may ask a completely logical question: why? It’s just that everyone is convinced that his method is the most effective, but in such a matter it is better not to conduct any experiments. For such people, new things are often inaccessible, but only by combining several techniques can the desired result be achieved. The teacher must first of all take care of himself and set a personal example in various life situations.
Each individual situation should be analyzed, as an example, explained and interpreted from the point of view of the methods used. Do not forget that there are a number of age-related personality characteristics and there must be a special readiness to perceive this or that information, carry out analysis, and understand it. Everyone has morality, in one form or another. Only for some she is “sleeping” soundly, but for others she is not, and anyone can wake her up. There are many ways to do this; you need to try to pay special attention to human behavior.
Morals and ethics
Morality is usually put on a par with morality, so they are often used as synonyms and most people do not even try to consider any difference in these two concepts. Morality is a series of specific principles, as well as standards of behavior for other people, which have been developed by society in various situations. Morality is a social point of view and if a person tries to follow a set set of rules, he can be described as a moral person. On the other hand, if he ignores the rules of morality, then his behavior is characterized as immoral.
It is also worth mentioning that now any religion calls on every person to honor a number of basic moral values. But in society, freedom and human rights are still at the forefront, so some commandments gradually lost their relevance. Few people even go to church once a week and give to serving the Lord. The crazy pace of life and busy schedule sometimes does not allow you to escape from these clutches. From this angle we can safely consider each of the commandments. The classic values for each of us remain in force, which directly relate to the values of property and human life.
