Is morality a luxury? this seems to be the case especially when one travels to ';3rd world '; countries

sometimes survival does not allow much room for moral judgement. e.g. vegetarianism, child labour etc.


at least the kind we are concerned with in the west.





Each culture has its own truths according to circumstance or power.Is morality a luxury? this seems to be the case especially when one travels to ';3rd world '; countries
Each culture defines it's own morality. There are basic instincts that are more fundamental than morality, such as food and propagation of the species.





A high level of morality is one of the benificial outcomes of an advanced civilization. Also, a concern for morality helps develope high level societies.





A people must have time to contemplate. Success in the ability to provide basic needs in less time that a full day facilitates free time. There must be time to consider one's condition in order to achieve high morality.Is morality a luxury? this seems to be the case especially when one travels to ';3rd world '; countries
Good question. I believe yes morality is a luxury. As for the gentleman below who says that morality is not a luxury, it is just not a necessity- isn't that what a luxury is?

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I wouldn't say that morality is a luxury, merely that it's not a necessity, and sometimes has to take a back seat to what IS a necessity.





The clash happens when we try to make people comply to our morality when they don't live in a society that has the spare resources to allow for it.





The ultimate example of this was the campaign against American companies that used factories in 3rd world countries that employed child labor.





American consumers were able to feel morally superior because they said ';I don't buy stuff made by child labor'; - but the result was that children (especially girl children) in Indonesia and other countries were fired from their jobs, and either died, or turned to things like prostitution because they had no other income to buy food, and had parents that couldn't afford them either.





Richard
Morality is sometimes relative to the circumstances. It means doing what's right in a given situation. Sometimes it requires hard choices, picking the least bad of bad choices. It's not as simple as some people would like to believe.