There has been a widespread debate on Morals and Ethics.

One school of thought says that they are

absolute in nature for eg. Plato. Another school, like that of the Sophists says that they are relative in
nature. For eg: “Thou shall not Kill” or “thou shall not rob” The problem is that morals are neither
absolute nor transient. They are none and both at the same time. They are like Electromagnetic Flux
which is transient, as in the wave pattern, i.e. it has a transitory form but fixed characteristics. The
philosophical error of the analysis can be exemplified as below:

Suppose you and I spot a chameleon. You spotted it on a tree on which the colour of the chameleon was
a shade of green. I spotted it on a wall where the color of the chameleon was grey. We both debate on
what the chameleon’s color was and if at all, was it the same chameleon? We are both right in saying
what we had witnessed. But if we both say that only my or your version of the story is true; that the
chameleon was either green or only f grey in color then we both are wrong. Thus we are both true and
false at the same time. The Critical aspect left out is that the Chameleon is the same and has a natural
ability to change its colour.

Similarly, morality changes its colour. “Thou shall not steal” is true. But keep in mind that if Robin Hood
stole to help the poor it doesn’t mean he was immoral. Because his very act of stealing was done to
reduce the gap between the rich and the poor. The important aspect was that of “Unselfishness”. He
stole for the benefit of others. His act of stealing worked in a way so that in future no one would have to
steal and kill to eat. Thieves are not moral for they steal for fulfilling selfish desires. Killing in war is fine,
because the motive is to protect and give a brighter future to humanity.

Therefore, the evanescent moral or ethic should always intended towards fulfilling the constant,
unchangeable moral or ethic.

As said in the Gita, “In a war, if you are the side who wants peace, then yours is the right war.”