Religion and Individualism

[jerseydevil]

Originally Posted by Elemmire

I agree with LCoU here (maybe that's Eastern philosophy and religion coming through... ). I personally don't set any type of life above another. To me, a claim like this is fundamentally flawed, and an example of where religion has deeply affected custom and society.

As I said - Society is what defines morality. You may not like zoos and so forth because of your beliefs. But the majority do not see anything wrong with this. You can not have a zoo closed down just because it's a zoo on moral grounds. However if the animals are ill treated you can - and that is solely because society has again said that illtreatment of animals is immoral. However - we freely use them for testing products - again society determines that this is perfectly acceptable for ensuring the safety of humans.

So regardless of your own moral standings - morality is defined by society.