Abuse of power has been known through the history.
             In Webster's dictionary, morality is defined as "principles
            
             of right and wrong in conduct; ethics." The principles of
            
             morality have countless times evolved over the ages. In earlier
            
             times, death was an easy penalty for many crimes. These crimes
            
             today are considered minor and are penalized with a slap on the
            
             hand. Is this considered wrong? Who is the correct authority to
            
             consult on what is right or wrong? In today's society, two major
            
             factors concern how the way members of society act and behave.
            
             The first is our national government.
            
             Members of our government in positions of authority decide
            
             everything in our lives in the form of laws which determine our
            
             behavior. One of the most important documents written by our
            
             government is the Declaration of Independence. The monarchy was
            
             taking away power from the colonists and putting more demands on.
            
             In return, the colonists declared their freedom from their
            
             tyrant. In this document, it states, "All men are created equal;
            
             that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable
            
             rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of
            
             happiness." The great men who wrote this down had a strong sense
            
             of morals. They believed that men were given rights by God that
            
             no one could take away. This is essential to the issue of
            
             morality because it determines the rights- that are agreed upon
            
             all- are wrong.
            
            
             This brings us to religion. Religion is a major contributor
            
             to how we think and act because it mirrors our beliefs in what we
            
             hold as right or wrong. An example of this is the native tribes
            
             of africa and South America where a number of tribes practice
            
             cannibalism. While this is considered a sin in most christian
            
             religions, the tribes have evolved into cannibalism as a way to
            
             survive in life and hav...