Today, morality is tested in everyday situations; Whether on a test day or in a relationship. Everyday humans are presented with situations which often express or challenge morals. Individual morality comes from life in years not years in life, in other words experience and living. Although government and regulation are a huge aspect when it it comes to morals, freewill or the consciousness of what you are doing is “wrong” in society but still doing it anyway and accountability of one’s own actions contributes to one’s own morality. Individual morality is also influenced by religion, gender, culture, dreams and desires. While society morality is determined by gender, religion, social class, culture, government and time period.
In Huck Finn, one of the very first moral challenges Huck experienced was when he stumbled upon Jim after they both ran away separately. His morals as a white boy who grew up in the South were tested. Huck was torn between turning Jim in or letting him escape to his freedom. Huck has been taught an ethical system that was very popular in the South during that time period. Whites - no matter what social class - were considered superior compared to African Americans. Even though Huck was a young, white boy he was more respected than Jim and had a lot more than Jim
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As children we are taught what our parents were taught as children. From birth, humans learn commons sense, for example getting hit hurts so hitting someone else would hurt them. From that point on we go through many experiences, during experiences emotions are felt which help humans figure out what they find acceptable to them and what they don’t. Religion has a big affect on morality. Different religions prohibit and allow different things as part of the road to a perfect afterlife. Out of fear of the unknown - the afterlife - humans obey the rules of their god which significantly sets up different