Ethics

I can't possible say what the source of morality is. I believe it comes from several factors that equivally influence its outcome. These elements can be separted into two categories: social and environmental. Social factors, such as religion, human interaction, politics and economy, can easily mold our malleable minds into a fix moral pattern that can either be in benefit or in detriment of the society present at the time. Criminal law serves as an example of how blurry the lines of ethics are, when it comes to a pre-established, metaphisic concept of morals. Throughout the history of humanity, every society has come up with their own way of dealing with social control. In order to do so, norms stating what is viewed as right or wrong are established. These are generally affected by time and history in terms of what society consideres harmful to the individual or collective. Nowadays, criminology tends to focus on discovering the reasons behind a "criminal" act, emphazising how unclear a nation's position on morals is; since it isnt the act itself that is being sactionized.