Basically in this instance I'm using Kohlberg and Piaget's stages of moral development wherein a fully developed moral person will achieve some level of post-conventional morality, which is basically that you think about what you value and your morals and decide which thing are things that truly have value and letting those things inform your choices vs what your culture tells you has value and letting your culture force you to act in certain ways.
My general world-view (based on study, research, and experience working with people) is that people always do things for a reason. They may not know what the reason is, or think about why, but there's always a reason. Sometimes are reasons are entirely internal (I don't eat walnut brownies because I'm allergic to walnuts) but often society plays at least some part in people's reasons for doing things. Part of what one does, if one is interested in particular kinds of contemporary sociology, is to think about how society has acted on people to give them reasons to do or not do certain things.
So, as I'm a person who is interested in some of those particular kinds of contemporary sociology, and as a person who has an interest in why people do what they do, I think it's important for people to think about why they do what they do and, as a person who believes people should strive for post-conventional moral development (within certain bounds), I think people should act on their informed choice based on what they believe is right, rather than what society demands of them (this does not mean they won't necessarily do what societal pressures would otherwise dictate, but for their own reasons).
A tank top is always a piece of clothing that primarily covers a part of a person's chest, back, and stomach. There are reasons a person chooses that piece of clothing, however, even if it's just as simple as "everything else is dirty". I just believe people should consider their reasons for doing things.
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Date: 2015-06-12 03:50 am (UTC)Basically in this instance I'm using Kohlberg and Piaget's stages of moral development wherein a fully developed moral person will achieve some level of post-conventional morality, which is basically that you think about what you value and your morals and decide which thing are things that truly have value and letting those things inform your choices vs what your culture tells you has value and letting your culture force you to act in certain ways.
My general world-view (based on study, research, and experience working with people) is that people always do things for a reason. They may not know what the reason is, or think about why, but there's always a reason. Sometimes are reasons are entirely internal (I don't eat walnut brownies because I'm allergic to walnuts) but often society plays at least some part in people's reasons for doing things. Part of what one does, if one is interested in particular kinds of contemporary sociology, is to think about how society has acted on people to give them reasons to do or not do certain things.
So, as I'm a person who is interested in some of those particular kinds of contemporary sociology, and as a person who has an interest in why people do what they do, I think it's important for people to think about why they do what they do and, as a person who believes people should strive for post-conventional moral development (within certain bounds), I think people should act on their informed choice based on what they believe is right, rather than what society demands of them (this does not mean they won't necessarily do what societal pressures would otherwise dictate, but for their own reasons).
A tank top is always a piece of clothing that primarily covers a part of a person's chest, back, and stomach. There are reasons a person chooses that piece of clothing, however, even if it's just as simple as "everything else is dirty". I just believe people should consider their reasons for doing things.