1.

these notions of ‘right’

and ‘true’ as ‘folkways’.

2. Sumner states further

that mores come from
folkways, with the added
element of societal welfare
embodied in them. In order
to preserve society and its
accepted norms and
practices, the individual,
consciously or unconsciously,
defends and upholds
society’s notions of what is
right. At the same time, the
group as a whole develops
social rules and sanctions,
which may be implicit or
explicit, in order to preserve
the group practices and to
control the behavior of the
individual for the purpose
and Parker, 2015).

3. According to Scheler, of the

four, it is spiritual feelings alone
that are intentional. This means
spiritual feelings are directed to a
particular special object or a
higher being that he attributed to
as the Divine. Scheler believed
that values of the holy are the
highest of all values because it has
the ability to endure through
time. Thus, since it possessed the
nature of intent, Scheler
philosophized that among all the
tour levels, spiritual feelings is the
most important (Moran and
Parker, 2015).
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Difference Between
5.
Responses Based on Reason and
on Feelings.

6. On the opposite side of the

discussion about the role of
feelings in a decision are those
who argued on the use of reason
over feelings. Philosopher and
Professor Dr. James Rachels
asserted that in moral reasoning,
you could not rely on your
feelings no matter how powerful
these feelings may be. Feelings
can and merely a product of your
prejudice, selfishness, or cultural
conditioning. The morally right
thing to do is one that is
supported by rational arguments.
An argument is reasonable if:

7. The facts are correct.

8. The moral principles are

correctly applied.

9. Each individual's well-

being is treated equally
important.

conditions. The changes in the mores of a particular society do not happen in

an instant, but they happen unconsciously over time. For example, during the
Spanish period, women wore dresses that covered them from head to toe, and it
was thought that seeing a woman’s ankles was tantamount to seeing her naked. But
women’s fashion has changed so much through the years that our Spanish
ancestors might well be rolling in their graves at the way women are dressed today.
According to Sumner, this point can be summariz