Morality does not have one meaning, it has many. Morality is considered, 1) “The relation of conformity or nonconformity to the moral standard or rule; quality of an intention, a character, an action, a principle, or a sentiment, when tried by the standard of right, 2) The quality of an action which renders it good; the conformity of an act to the accepted standard of right. 3) The doctrines or rules of moral duties, or the duties of men in their social character; ethics. In essence, morality is what drives you to conform to what you think or perceive right and wrong to be. Ecksteins, Kovalty, Arendt and Haffner will be discussed and two questions will be answered.
1) When a faith that rational and material progress can no longer guarantee moral action or meaning, how does an individual decide how to act?
2) Upon what basis can moral action be mandated by the community or state?
When the first question that we are trying to answer arises, the answer is obvious with Arendt. When a faith that rational and material progress can no longer guarantee moral action or meaning an individual decide how to act by looking and observing the mass. Starting with Totalitarianism, by Hannah Arendt, we understand that there is one controlled body controlling the entire nation. Power and dominance comes from the mass. In the case of Totalitarianism, masses are needed to so that the legitimacy of the power exists. ”Totalitarian movements are possible wherever there are masses who for one reason or another have acquired the appetite for political organization.” “Totalitarian movements are mass organizations of atomized, isolated individuals. Compared with all other parties and movements, their most consp ...