How are the moral beliefs of one community and one time related to the views of other contemporary communities and to those of people of other times?

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Arastoo Tavakoli

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12/16/03

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How are the moral beliefs of one community and one time related to the views of other contemporary communities and to those of people of other times?

        Any community one looks at, he/she will see a set of moral beliefs that are carried out by society. Within those moral beliefs, people are able to decide what is ethical and what is nonethical. They can differentiate between right and wrong. Even those that are mainly isolated from the rest of the world, still contain a set of moral beliefs. Different communities share many of the same moral beliefs, showing that communities are able to differentiate between right and wrong. This similarity that exists between communities shows that moral beliefs are innate. Humans have a natural tendency towards certain beliefs. The fact that communities share many of the same moral beliefs that distinguish what is right and wrong, demonstrates that this is a natural tendency by humans.

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        Many of the characteristics of what is considered right deals with volunteering or going out of one’s way in order to help someone else. The opposite is true for a moral belief for what is considered wrong. Anything that harms another person in any way or society as a whole would be considered a wrongdoing. These base outline of what constitutes right and wrong are shared amongst communities, demonstrating that the basic principles for moral beliefs are very similar amongst communities. These basis for moral beliefs are what laws are based upon.  Some form of government and religion are present ...

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