Moral Theory

These are the questions we posed over the course of an hour before coming up with the answesr:

How are the Good and Evil Measured? How are they defined? If I do good for myself, I could very well be doing wrong to another. If something benefits me and a majority of people, but inevitably puts out the minority, is it still good? Or does the damage to the few make it bad? If i consider myself good, does the vanity in fact prove me to be bad? What if the minority does something to benefit them? Is that bad? Does the need of the majority out weigh that of the minority?

Here is the answer:
In all actuality Good and Bad are a fabrication of society as a security net. If something is "Good" the majority of people will believe in it. That which is considered "bad" is against the majority. But those not within the parameters of the majority may believe in a different definition of "good" or "bad". Good is defined by the person who it benefits, and what is bad does not. Therefore anything against your Personal intrest is "Bad" to you. But what if your intrest is "Bad for another?

This lead us to pose a question which I encourage you to answer:

A father in a family of four is the bread winner, is using all the money he makes to afford clothes and shelter for his wife and children. Typically he can afford just enough food, but he just recieved a pay cut. They manage for awhile but one of his kids breaks an arm. After being denyed benefits from services made to help families in this position the father realizes something terrible. Food is no longer in the budget. This father goes to the store, buys as much as he can afford but knows his kids will be going hungry by the end of the week, so he steals only enough to feed his two children for the two nights he cannot avoid to buy food for. He knows him and his wife can manage without and that stealing is a crime. Are his actions right or wrong?

Please answer how you believe, My friend and I want to see the morality of right and wrong in others.

Thanks :)