Divine Command

I'm in metaphysics class. This is the first class I've mildly enjoyed in a long time. I sort of had a revelation, an insight into the things I gained individually from this class. A reaffirmation of my epistemological beliefs, I guess. Since we're talking about morality, I feel pleasantly prepared thanks to my extended essay from IB, ha.

I ascribe to the belief that there is no universal morality. Every man or woman will act solely based on their own conception of justice, not a universal morality. I decide to do things that have the most benefit, and not solely for myself. It's basically a utilitarian perspective, like happiness or 'greater good' is a kind of unit and certain decisions have more happiness units than others.

The only thing that really bothers me is the coincidence that so many people may make the same choices given a 'moral situation'. But I guess that's just statistics. I could be one out of a group of 5 to think the way I do, but out of a group of 100 I'd be part of a group of 20 that believes what I do. The more difficult part is the application, because we all have a tendency to intervene when we see someone making the 'wrong' decision and impose our ideas of just. Is it wrong to impose an aspiration for a greater good on people? It seems as though to not do so would be to sacrifice my beliefs all together. I don't reject people because they believe differently, but I will oppose any belief against my general belief of the community before the individual.

I guess it's just dialectic. The strongest belief dominates the synthesis of the whole.

sigh.