What problem does the view that morality is simply a matter of the say-so of some authority lead to?
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Ultimately I think it will lead to the realization that each individual defines morality for and within himself. This is not to say that there is no external influence, because the ideas will generally come from somewhere; however, authority doesn’t really instill morality. It can suggest morality, yes, and influence it, but the currency of power is that of rules and consequences — law.
Law and morality are not coextensive. For any given person living under the law, not all that is illegal is immoral, and not all that is immoral is illegal.
That authority acts to control behavior through the exercise of power — we could be talking about a parent, a boss, a government, or even just the social pressure within a community — is a truism, but the relationship to an ethical system is much less clear. It’s even possible to have in place a moral code which explicitly defines itself in opposition to authority: Never help a cop, for example. So I would say that the view is fundamentally mistaken in a subtle but crucial sense.
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