# Is Morality Overrated ? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Philosophy\ **Created:** [October 23, 2026, 5:34am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/is-morality-overrated/3718 "2026-10-23T05:34:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brontowithwingsanirudh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/54ee81/32.png) [@brontowithwingsanirudh](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/brontowithwingsanirudh)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 5:34am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/is-morality-overrated/3718/1 "2026-10-23T05:34:55Z")
So, here it’s important to know, how we decide if someone or something is good or bad? is it because of the intrinsic nature of the thing or a person, or we make our judgements in relativity. If someone is telling you that they make objective or independent decisions while being part of the society, they are clearly lying or they could just be ignorant or unaware perhaps. At the end of the day, you think this is good or bad in comparison to something that you already know or something you have already experienced of. So this kind of establishes that truth is formed purely because of the references we have in terms of experiences or something we already know. There’s another layer to it, like we know now we kind of make hypotheses largely because of availability heuristics or, in simple words, based on the information that is conveniently available, so when we lecture people about morality, do we really mean that this is objectively wrong/right thing to do or do we just think that meh this is in my favor it’s more convincing it should be done ? ---
**Author:** ![Banno](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/www.thephilosophyforum.com/banno/32/55_2.png) [@Banno](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/Banno)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 5:51am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/is-morality-overrated/3718/2 "2026-10-23T05:51:08Z")
Morality is overrated - Ethics, less so. Welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Scorpion](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/www.thephilosophyforum.com/scorpion/32/875_2.png) [@Scorpion](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/Scorpion)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 6:12am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/is-morality-overrated/3718/3 "2026-10-23T06:12:24Z")
Morality is a well-studied if not well-developed field. It begins in earnest with religion although there are a number of nontheistic moral systems out there. We’ve been at it for generations and we’re still in the dark. Foremost of our problems is the is-ought gap (re David Hume). There’s a disconnect between God, human nature on one side and morality on the other. We do possess a moral compass but it hasn’t been fully worked out yet. So we’re flying with a faulty navigational instrument. Expect errors. Morality can be/has been suspended on numerous occasions and what resulted was unpalatable. On the flip side morality has descended into absurdities like being stoned to death for working on a particular day. I don’t think morality is overrated. IMHO it’s not that. ---
**Author:** ![Jbgrx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/edb3f5/32.png) [@Jbgrx](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/u/Jbgrx)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 9:26am UTC](https://www.thephilosophyforum.com/t/is-morality-overrated/3718/4 "2026-10-23T09:26:46Z")
Overrated? The reason having a goal gives birth to morality is that without separating things into good and bad, it isn’t possible to move toward a goal. What is overrated is the idea that morality can be separated from whatever goal gave birth to it, can be cut from its source and forced onto other people and can be forced to thrive there without nurture. It just isn’t reasonable to expect those who don’t share our goals to share our morality. Which is why sages teach it through kindness, not with rules, I guess.