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Morla Code

Morals should be defined as a code of good conduct that steams out of the experience of the race to serve as an instruction manual for the conduct of individuals and groups. Morals are actually laws that we impose on ourselves which enable us to pass judgement on ourselves as well as others. Most people have given some thought to what moral code they should live by but a good amount of those morals are learned over the years either by personal choice or force. Those morals usually come from some form of religion that our parents have supplied for us to live by. However, a moral code founded on the suppression of one's common sense in order to accept teachings which would otherwise offend this same common sense is open to different personal interpretations.
Some religions even allow one to stray from their moral code rules by giving some form of dispensation usually by the performing some form of penance. This of course allows someone to claim the live by a moral code when in fact they do not. How much better it would be if we all had a moral code which was based on common sense, one which was open to modification if the circumstances of our social existence altered. If one is forced to live by a moral code it should be one that fits comfortable in one’s lifestyle.

For starters, there should be two moral codes. One for the individual and one for the community. Most of the present day religions have a reasonable base for a personal moral code, unfortunately religions cannot resist the temptation to include a few rules which pushes in their own particular teachings, therefore making them difficult to for the individual to adhere to. Consider what might be thought to be the best from the religious codes and include or exclude them from proposed individual and community codes.
Number one: A person will not kill another human being. This seems to be reasonable but is it? What if someone is trying to kill us? Do we not have the right to kill them? What if our...