[This marks the beginning to my dialectic series on this blog. The dialectics will consist of interplay of ideas on topical issues by two fictional characters: Jangbalajugbu (Jugbu is an alias, for the sake of this work) and Dabiri. Komolafe will double as the moderator and convener.] Jugbu on the one hand represents most views about issues as presented in the dialectics, while Dabiri represents my thoughts and opinions on them.
Dialectics On Morality.
Komolafe: Hello and welcome to the symposium today on Morality and other issues that border on ethics. We are here to hear out the views of two staunch minds on the topic of discuss; Morality. What is morality? Morality, though objective on a seeming sense, can pose a subjective definition when left alone to roam on its own ramification. Morality brings in a lot of issues that, it seems impossible to get done with on a simple platform, like we shall be having today. But it is my joy to announce to you, and also introduce our correspondents for today's symposium, trusting that they will do justice to the topic on ground.
Now, join me to welcome on board, Jangbalajugbu.***** Jangbalajugbu is a pro-populist on this issue. He has resounding claims and counter supports to the issue on morality.
Next is Dabiri. Dabiri, a protagonist and opposition to rules and normative on morality. He has his superlatives and we hope to hear from him.
*** All seated. ***
Komolafe: Now gentlemen, please could you tell us what you each understand by the word Morality. Make out your answers on subjectively convinced grounds. Thank you.
Jugbu: Morality is a set of guides and norms that govern the human society. It is the governing principle that ensures the continuity of the human race. It is the uniquely defining features that ensures a sane humanness and a safe globalization. Morality is life, and life is nothing without moral goals and inclinations.
Komolafe: That is wonderful. Over to you Dabiri.
Dabiri: Saying morality is life is a categorical error of thoughts, with due respect. There is more to living life than there is to morality. Morality for me is a state of the mind. Morality becomes for anyone, what he/she wants it to be. Over the course of history, society has imposed certain rules on the human person as against the initial laws of nature. Look at dressing as relates to women as a case study. Society vis-a-vis religion as a foilers tool has ordered how women should appear. Women are naturally known and observed to be exhibitionists. The average woman or its even safe to say, every woman wants to be admired. This does not restrict to age, complexion, race or facial aesthetics. Women love to exhibit their features in return for appreciation. But what do we have, society and religion now have women go against the initial laws that nature has affixed in them. That to me is sexist. A case of sexual injustice.
Komolafe: What are moral standards?
Jugbu: Moral standards are those set of rules that have been carefully laid down to help govern society.
Dabiri: Moral standards are the earliest principles that society uses to culture people towards set defined goals that may in themselves be altruistic.
Komolafe: What patterns do moral norms follow?
Jugbu: They follow a clearly defined pattern,
Dabiri: Moral norms were defined by a handful of people. The goal was to make people abide by the convinctions of those people who initiated them in the first place. It is clearly achieving the purpose.
Komolafe: Now, are moral standards enough to govern man's living in the society?
Jugbu: They are not enough. Man's purpose in life is bigger than the pictures of his imaginations. He serves a higher purpose, that which is similar to the divine will of God. Moral standards, albeit man-made have divine interventions. Man's purpose is to do good, and thread the path that is godly and right. Moral standards only help to prepare his path for that which he's been built to do. Thus, moral standards may just be enough.
Dabiri : Man is a consumer of his own will and volition. He acts based on what he finds convincing to do. His actions are self made, and although society at large plays a role in his final outcome, he owes nothing but his choices responsible what he becomes. With or without moral standards, man will continue t live nonetheless.
Komolafe: How does morality inform human standards of living in the society?role of religion in morality?
Jugbu: Moral standards are only elementary to the universal values that are attached to ethical living. We should not forget that, moral standards are there to serve humans in the society and not the other way round. Humans are not objects of moral standards, but are subjected to the almost-universality of whatever subscriptions there are to moral living.
Dabiri: Moral standards raise a double standard of living; to do and to do bad. Thus, a knowledge of good only serve to explain the evil side to the act of goodness. That in itself is a big problem.
Komolafe: What are the challenges faced by moral standards in the society?
Dabiri: The problem of double standards.
Jugbu: The problem of inter-personal acceptance in the face of the common good that comes with morality.
Komolafe: That is it, gentlemen. Its all for today. Thank you.
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