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Originally Posted by Nomad
Do you think that it is possible to make a moral payback to John, who died in the war, by doing a moral good such as helping the nation to become a better democracy?
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Its better for self, family and society when we can if not undo wrong but alter behavior for future happenings.
Feeling guilt or sorrow for past transgressions is void of meaning if its not a lesson learned for future moral decisions.
Hideous behavior may or may not be forgiven by the victim but certainly everyone else benefits if the offender has rearranged his/her outlook towards what is not acceptable for society.
On a personal level I believe most of us are capable of true immoral retribution but by the same token we posess a moral soul that provides change otherwise wed be a a sociopathic society.
Many of societies problems stem from immoral govt transgressions that seem to be void of being capable of a lesson learned. History repeating itself.
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Originally Posted by coberst
In a society such as the United States do you think that the citizens are responsible for the actions of the nation? In a democracy can their be an imoral society without also having an imoral citizenry?
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Morality is a personal thing, imo, and is strongly linked with responsibility. It becomes weak with distance and is easily diluted. The more remote an issue, people, or conflict is, the easier it becomes to be immoral, to act immorally. Likewise, the more people involved in the decision to act, the easier it is to deny direct responsibility; it becomes easier to blame the group for immorality rather than oneself.
So, the larger the group, the harder it becomes to maintain a moral stance.