Ethics

Ethics are an interesting thing in the world.  Each of us has our own ethics for every single aspect of our life. We create them based on our experiences and what we think is important.  My presentation to the class on ethics included my view as part utilitarian that focuses on making decisions that make people happy.  With this said morals and ethics also have a base in our upbringing.  Society from a young age uses positive and negative reinforcement to build our ethics and what makes us happy.  In other words, our happiness with our decisions is a direct result of what other people believe should make us be happy.  War is not approved of in this day and age.  The soldiers who have killed do not receive congratulations and approval as much as they receive pity.  Therefore the killing is considered a necessary evil instead of an honor.  This has only become a cultural thing in the past 200 years.  2000 plus years ago people are congratulated on their kills in war and even tried to bring back prizes like the armor of their kill back home for bragging rights.  This reinforcement of morals and of what makes people happy changes all the time.  2000 years ago homosexual relationships were approved in many cultures and in the past 200 years homosexual people "go to hell".