Being Moral: Sometimes to be moral you have to be immoral

Being moral means to understand the concepts of right and wrong, but many people will argue that morals are a state of mind or a hard and fast rule. By being moral you are concerned with the principles or rules of right and wrong, and your morals are shaped by what you observe as a child. Lets take Disney for example. Disney's main focus is on young children and many of their movies focus on basic moral beliefs. Princesses are mainly created for young girls, to have role models, and to believe in something, but also these princesses give them many different moral values to live by. For instance Cinderella, a poor young women who becomes a princess, teaches us that you can come from nothing and become something. Mulan, a young girl who pretends to be a man in order to fight for her family's honor, teaches us that there is equality between men and women. Finally Pocahontas, the young Indian who tries to make peace between her tribe and the white men, teaches us to love who we are and were we come from. For young boys Disney takes a different approach by using heroes. For instance Hercules, a strong man torn away from his real life and forced to live like everyone else, shows us how strength and courage can help you concur anything. Peter Pan, a young boy thriving to always stay young, teaches us that we can all be young at heart. Woody and Buzz from Toy Story teaches us that friendship is a strong bond and having a great and trustworthy friend is available to anyone. So are we taught our morals? Yes. Throughout our childhood parents and gardians focus on explaining to us right from wrong. For instance, it is wrong to put your hands on other people, or it is wrong to interupt someone when they are talking. It is right to use your manners, or it is right to wait your turn. Some parents may not teach those morals to their children, but instead focus on having them learn what is right and wrong for themselves. For instance a parent may not tell their child that it is not okay to put their hands on other people and the chilld may hit a classmate at preschool and will end up being punished for their actions. As we grow our morals do the same and the more we become moral the more our actions can become immoral.  We all have our morals that we live by and follow, but sometimes we go againts our morals to better ourselves. For instance, a young girl could have a very strong moral of wanting to save herself till marriage, but decides not to wait because she feels like it will better herself. Not only are our actions immoral, but thoughts can also be immoral. Everyone has somthing that they want to do, but know that they can't because it will be going against their morals and think about it on ocassion. It's the same as the women wanting to save herself. She may go by her morals till she is married, but may sometimes have the thought of that immoral action. Over time our morals will change and we will be forced to think an immoral thought, but sometimes to be moral you have to be immoral.