What makes an experience a moral experience?

Experience in its broadest sense refers to anything we undergo, to our encounters, and to what happens
to us. In a lifetime, we will have countless experiences which will shape us and of course, since there will
be more experiences to come, there is no end to the shaping of our person.

Moral experience encompasses a person's sense that values that he or she deems important are being
realised or thwarted in everyday life. This includes a person's interpretations of a lived encounter, or a
set of lived encounters, that fall on spectrums of right-wrong, good-bad or just-unjust.

Our moral experience puts our moral consciousness to work. Whether it’s the arousal of moral
consciousness that results in the occurrence of moral experience or the reverse, is hardly the point at
issue here. In a moral experience, one’s sense of right and wrong or the so-called moral consciousness
comes to play. moral value. Moral value refers to the quality of something being good or bad, right or
wrong, and just or unjust. Moral experience which is an experience of moral value, defines us. Either we
are drawn towards an action because of the good that we sense in it or we sense the good because of
our own value or that “goodness” that is in us. Whichever is the case, in the process and as a result, our
choice becomes us.

Moral experience is not a one-time but is an ongoing, continuous process. It can be said that by choosing
the good, we become good.

When do we say that a standard is moral?

A moral standard refers to the norms which we have about the types of actions which we believe to be
morally acceptable and morally unacceptable. Specifically, moral standards deal with matters which can
either seriously harm or seriously benefit human beings.

Moral standards involve the rules people have about the kinds of actions they believe are morally right
and wrong, as well as the values they place on the kinds of objects they believe are morally good and
morally bad

Morals tend to be driven by personal beliefs and values, there are certainly some common morals that
most people agree on, such as:

I. Always tell the truth.

II. Do not destroy property.
III. Have courage.
IV. Keep your promises.
V. Do not cheat.
VI. Treat others as you want to be treated.
VII. Do not judge.
VIII. Be dependable.