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SaltPork · 02-12-2007, 08:28 PM

I was going to post this in Philosophy, but I thought it might get a bti more interesting on the general board.

So I was just sitting here contemplating my morality. I had watched a show on Discovery last night called "The Secrets of Freemasonry". I am a mason, but that's not what this is about. Morality is a huge part of what it is to be a mason. How you live your life, treat others, etc. plays a large part in being granted membership. I started thinking to myself, what things formed my views of what is moral and what isn't? Parents? Siblings? Friends? Certainly all of those provided a base, but there is so much more.

As I get older, I found that I think about things a bit more deeply. I think about how my actions will affect others and I think a lot less about myself. I guess most of what my moral compass is about is how I'm going to be affecting others lives with my actions. I have to think about it as I raise my kids, knowing that they are watching me and copying me. I've learned that morality is about doing the right thing, no matter how difficult it might seem at the time. I guess as you get older your moral compass shifts depending on your life's path.

Maybe this is too heady for the GD board, but give it a shot. What's your moral compass?

02-12-2007, 08:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
SaltPork Everything's better with bacon Location: In your local grocer's freezer.	What or who is your moral compass? I was going to post this in Philosophy, but I thought it might get a bti more interesting on the general board. So I was just sitting here contemplating my morality. I had watched a show on Discovery last night called "The Secrets of Freemasonry". I am a mason, but that's not what this is about. Morality is a huge part of what it is to be a mason. How you live your life, treat others, etc. plays a large part in being granted membership. I started thinking to myself, what things formed my views of what is moral and what isn't? Parents? Siblings? Friends? Certainly all of those provided a base, but there is so much more. As I get older, I found that I think about things a bit more deeply. I think about how my actions will affect others and I think a lot less about myself. I guess most of what my moral compass is about is how I'm going to be affecting others lives with my actions. I have to think about it as I raise my kids, knowing that they are watching me and copying me. I've learned that morality is about doing the right thing, no matter how difficult it might seem at the time. I guess as you get older your moral compass shifts depending on your life's path. Maybe this is too heady for the GD board, but give it a shot. What's your moral compass? __________________ It was like that when I got here....I swear.