Moral or legal?
By Kathy Monnin - Versailles News
Wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it and right is right even if no one else is doing it.
Everyone knows the word legal means established, recognized, or permitted by law, but what does the word “moral” mean? According to the dictionary, moral means: 1) concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior, and the goodness or badness of human character. 2) holding or manifesting high principles for proper conduct.
Morality is not exclusive to Christians and churchgoers; however these persons seem to better understand that morality is truth and not subjective, such as my truth, your truth, or a politician’s truth. Morality was established in the beginning of all creation. To be moral is to desire to love one another, to do no harm, to want good for others, to give of oneself for the benefit of others and not for personal reward or self-interest.
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