Morality and Truth
For society to continue to progress, I believe the concepts of morality andtruth must be examined and re-infused into society. Morality and truth arethe most crucial component of being a decent human being, and without suchaspects of humanity, society would crumble. In some respects, society isalready crumbling under the weight of an excessive lack of morality andcommon human decency. Morality and truth have been defined since thebeginning of time. Idealists such as Plato defined morality in adeliberate manner, and the bible defines morality and truth in much thesame manner. The bible actually has established principles and laws thatgovern how a society should operate. The bible supports the idea that amoral and true society operates for the benefit and good of all men, andthat all men are subject to the same rules and regulations. These ideasand principles are explored further within this paper.Plato stated the following regarding human's capacity to understand truthand morality: "All we humans have are our five senses. All we apprehend ofreality must come from one or more of those senses. We never apprehend the"thing in itself", only what our sense report to us" (Steffensen, 1966).
Within the bible also rests the truth "You should love your neighbor asyourself" (Mark 12:29). The bible in essence sets up standards for everyone to follow. People are doing more of whatis good only for them, not able to see past their own blinders andrelativities enough to recognize what is a greater good for all mankind. to believed that man through his senses had the ability to discernmorality as an aspect of ethical behavior, and claimed that truth wouldfollow appropriate morality. Plato would also observe however, that some decisions lie in a person'sdeduction or reasoning of why one option should be taken over another. Jesus or God then according to the bible, is the channel or avenuetoward truth and morality. Plato also comments in "The Republic" that reality exists only as faras some people can see (Beatty, 1976). Both Plato and the Bible wouldsupport this notion. Plato was an idealist, and therefore believed that if an action was wrongto begin with it should not necessarily be performed even if it producedwhat might be considered "good" results. In years of late, society has obviously stoppedfocusing on the importance of such truths. Divine law, such as that of the Ten Commandments,dictates what is moral and true. It does not argue that man need to see whatis real, only know and obey the rules laid down by the higher power of God. Plato believed that morality follows a desireto do what is in one's best interests. Truth according tothe bible is doing what is right and following the word of God, or the law. Morality and truth therefore, can be defined as doing what is best not onlyfor oneself, but also for one's neighbor.
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