How MorCal Could Broaden Our Moral Perspective

        A common issue that we have in the U.S. is the inability for many of us to gauge our morality by other people's standards. By this I mean that many of us are raised in households where we learn to judge morality by the same standards that our families do. Since the moral codes that we inherit from our families are often religious in nature, we can often overlook the fact that other people may act on religious principles that dictate a morality that is different than our own. What's more, we live in a country comprised of many different ethnic groups from across the globe who have inherited a culture that is based on centuries' worth of socio-economic history and religious belief. Yet, we often write off people's beliefs and, in turn, their moral values as silly because we don't understand them.
        To add on to this dilemma, people of all groups are usually confined to their inherited moral code for the majority of their lives. We easily act on the assumption that our ideals are correct because we have lived with them since we were little. Such is the cause of many heated moral topics we deal with today. Do we consider abortion murder or should we look at the social ramifications that children have on unprepared parents? Do we tighten gun legislation so that less people are killed or do we fight for the means to protect ourselves should the worst happen? I feel that issues like this deserve consideration from both perspectives so that, at the very least, we can give a comprehensive explanation as to why we may believe that our position on the issue is more moral.
        This is where I believe that MorCal can help. As opposed to millennia of insular families and communities which have had strictly laid out moral values, our age is able to use the Internet to share views and issues to millions of people. Learning more about gun legislation or civil rights issues are never more than a few clicks or taps away at any given moment, but people lack the motivation and the courage to step outside of their comfort zones and challenge themselves to reconsider their moral values. MorCal could potentially bring these issues directly to the people in a way that they are less likely to avoid, and, in fact, may encourage users to look at issues from a perspective that may challenge their own.