Labor is the primary premise of the origin of morality, social relations are the objective conditions for the existence of morality, and human self-awareness is the subjective conditions for the emergence of morality.

Marxist morality holds that labor is the primary premise of moral origin. Social relations are the objective conditions for the existence of morality, and human self-awareness is the subjective conditions for the existence of morality. The origin of morality refers to the process of moral occurrence and formation in human history. In the history of Chinese and foreign ethical thoughts, there are various opinions about the origin of morality. The ethics of religious theology attributes morality to the will and revelation of God or the gods.

Some definitions of morality

Marxism holds that morality is a kind of social ideology, and it is the norm and criterion of people's common life and behavior. Different times and classes have different moral concepts, and no morality is eternal.

Morality is not innate, and people's moral concept is gradually formed by acquired publicity and education and the long-term influence of public opinion. This is a kind of moral relativism, and the opposite proposition is called moral absolutism. Morality is often compared with conscience, which refers to the psychological consciousness of consciously following the mainstream moral norms.