morally

In this post, I will explain why moral relativism is wrong and why the "gray area" is pointless.

Moral relativism is the authoritative stand that there is no right or wrong in the morally conscious world. Right or wrong, to the moral relativist, is absolutely dependent on the variables in the situation, and most often, what is right or wrong "depends on the situation".

Isaiah 5:20
What sorrow for those who say
that evil is good and good is evil,
that dark is light and light is dark,
that bitteris sweet and sweet is bitter.

The following explanation is based on Our Daily Journal (RBC Ministries) with my opinions.

When people see no distinction between good and evil, destruction follows. It is easy to say "no one can decide for anyone else what is really right or wrong". Under moral relativism, people make excuses for loving money, commiting adultery, discriminating people and aborting babies.

"Everyone's doing it"
"We only live once"
"The world is different today"
"We have to embrace change"
"That is our right"

But when they make excuses for their actions, they break down the distinction between right and wrong.


Moral choices become fuzzy.
There is no absolute right.
Wrong becomes a way of life.

We should never need to make excuses to justify our actions. A right action needs no justification.



Gray Area

We want to believe that there is a gray area to justify our actions-be it right or wrong. This gray area might even take over your conscience. It will tell you "what makes you happy is always right".

This gray area mentality might have stemmed from our love of freedom of speech and the open minded, non restricted mindset we have adopted from the various mediums of communication. It's been bombarding us lately with so much rubbish. Has anyone noticed that?

However, the whole thing with the "gray area" issue is pointless and destructive. It implies that there is no right and wrong. It implies that there is no clear line between right and wrong. That statement in itself, as many thinkers will tell you, is contradictory, because in order to make that statement, you would need a set of standards for you to say whether something is right or wrong.

In the end, all this fuzzy moral choices is just a product of people with too much time on their hands and too many unused brain cells.

It is so much simpler and smarter to live life knowing the basic right and wrongs. Why complicate things with the gray area? Our elders have lived their whole lives without needing it.