Discussion»Questions»Life and Society» Which aspects of everyday human life do not have or can be seen not to have ANY moral or immoral implications to them? ~
How about them? How about just sleeping in your bed when you get sleepy. No moral conflict unless you have a dependent and a duty to stay awake to care for them.
For the determined anything can be seen as having moral implications. Eg: If I admit to a fundamentalist Christian that I am an atheist he is likely to conclude that I 1) Hate God, and 2) believe in Satan. Both are of course incorrect.
When two or more people live in the same area they have to adopt some rules about who does what to whom. Any such rule is called a more', French accented e pronounced "mor-ay". The adjective form is moral, and the habit of following more's is morality. More's are arbitrary: they do not have to be right, only accepted. Another group on the other side of the river might have very different more's.
Very few people know the above, so you are bound to get mixed answers. You know how people are: They don't know what they are saying, but they are ready to die for it.
My first thought was none. On reflection, I think the answer is still none. Any activity which causes harm to the self or another is unethical. In my view, actions causing harm to animals and/or the environment are also unethical. But many daily activities are not necessarily harmful except in excess or insufficiency. Moderation and balance are often a key determinant of what is appropriate. Some actions may seem harmless but cause harm via a chain of consequences, such as buying cheap clothes made by machinists forced to work in sweat shops with unsafe work environments and below liveable wages. The essence of ethical principles derives from the awareness that all living beings instinctively wish to thrive in freedom, health, comfort and safety.
Veena.K 