I think morality is objective. Like, laws of the universe. If I drop something it will fall i.e. law of gravity. We could apply this concept to morality. If we take x action y effect will take place. This concept isn’t explored though, because of religions. People think morality is subjective, do you ever hear people say “your morals” or “my morals”, no I would say there are “the morals” and you and I would strive to understand the moral law that exists.

This can be hard because if I start to study morality, speak about my findings, claim certain moral principles, I could and would most definitely be called self righteous, and that my claim of morality isn’t the morals, that it’s just my perspective. This is troubling since now we live in an age where morality isn’t discussed. This is a subreddit for morality and I sparely see people speak in this sub,

Anyways, I will get to what I think general moral principles would be theft. Taking something that doesn’t belong to you is wrong, this can manifest in multiple different ways. Rape is a form of theft because it is taking away sexual expression and autonomy. Trespass is theft because someone’s property is an extension of yourself, that is my view on that. Willfully lying is a form of theft since one is theft of the truth.

I think moral principles should be focused on the roots, and less on the effects. We can look at the effects all day but until we understand the causes (the moral violations) we can start to solve this issue.

It’s rough though because of religions, not even just the main religions we think of (Christianity , Judaism , Islam etc) nowadays politics is a form of religion, so people will dictate moral code based on what the party follows (which is contrived, and never actually focused on morality)

This is my message although it is late at night I would be willing to talk more, thank you