Natural Morality

          Morality has always been something within us humans, whether it be yesterday, today, or tomorrow, our morals remain for the most part unchanged. We do not generally question our own morals, because it is something that is embedded into us, and is something that we live by and do not doubt. Our morals are our set of rules to follow by, but upon further inspection, a question arises--where did we learn these morals? I would believe that the majority of humans would have an answer containing somepart relating to their parents and their ancestrial teachings, but that leads back to the question; where did your parents or ancestors learn their morals? After some thought, the most supported theory that I have come up with would be that our morals are things that are learned, and that they are things that utilize logic in specific situations to provide the most efficiency. In our case, I would believe that most of our morals tend to drift towards the idea of law and order within our society. It is most efficient for humans to be working together, and even more so if they work in an orderly fashion and without unnecessary inconsistencies in their thoughts. Most of the time, when we do not follow our morals, chaos and disorder is introduced to our generally peaceful lives. When violence is introduced, people are hurt and hatred is borne, and thus disorder is as well. When we do not think of our actions, misunderstandings are created, poor choices and regretful decisions are made, and inefficient steps are taken. While my explanation of morals generally has some support, there is one more large factor that affects our morals. This factor would be human emotions. Emotions are not learned, and are innate to us, and so it is something that cannot be discarded or forgotten. Emotions such as hatred stems revenge, which is a moral of some, and love stems protection, yet another moral to some. Both revenge and protection can sometimes destroy the balance of order, and can render my argument invalid. However, I believe that emotions, or our innate moralities, tend not to be the stem of most of our morals, and I believe that the preservance of order, our learned moralities, plays the bigger role.