moral beliefs

@dalehileman,

Oh, I see. Thanks for clarifying.

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@Logicus,

Notatall

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Has anyone suggested we may have a God given conscience?

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@neologist,

"God-given conscience?" Please elaborate.

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I don't think we, or any of the other animals would have survived without an inate sense of morality.

Morality is certainly naturally occuring.

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@Logicus,

See Blue's post just between us

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@neologist,

Ah, that's what you meant.

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@InfraBlue,

InfraBlue wrote:

I don't think we, or any of the other animals would have survived without an inate sense of morality.

Morality is certainly naturally occuring.

I'd like to better state what I've written. Morality is innate in that it is instinctual. Sense come to play when humans think about it.

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@InfraBlue,

InfraBlue wrote:

InfraBlue wrote:
I don't think we, or any of the other animals would have survived without an inate sense of morality.

Morality is certainly naturally occuring.
I'd like to better state what I've written. Morality is innate in that it is instinctual. Sense come to play when humans think about it.

It may be that our only difference lies in our understanding of the source of innate morality.

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@neologist,

Why would they?
Cop-out clause?

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@InfraBlue,

Stop typing CRAP!

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@mark noble,

mark noble wrote:

Stop typing CRAP!

Those who resort to personal attack admit to having lost the argument.

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@dalehileman,

No, it isn't a skiding scale to my knowledge. There are quite a number of myths and stories where someone is deceived into eating his or her own children, and that's always considered the most awful thing...

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@Logicus,

Quote:

I usually attribute the disgust of eating your own children against natural instinct.

Not a bad thing to do, but instinct is the basis for natural morality, and a pretty absolute basis.

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@Olivier5,

Instinct also can be attributed to savagery.

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@neologist,

neologist wrote:

InfraBlue wrote:
InfraBlue wrote:
I don't think we, or any of the other animals would have survived without an inate sense of morality.

Morality is certainly naturally occuring.
I'd like to better state what I've written. Morality is innate in that it is instinctual. Sense come to play when humans think about it.
It may be that our only difference lies in our understanding of the source of innate morality.

Or at least thinking that we understand the source of our innate morality.

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@mark noble,

mark noble wrote:

Stop typing CRAP!

HA!

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@mwurgler,

I think the reason for morals is how they affect our life in the present. It seems to me that acting in an immoral way causes unhappiness in the perpetrator. I can't say if that applies to everyone. I don't have their experiences. What you describe is survival of the fittest only. Only animalistic instincts apply. Your question is a good one. Is all this morality business made up? The question is, is guilt a natural experience?

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@Fil Albuquerque,

So, undercutting segregation was wrong?

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@Logicus,

Associated with savagery, yes, If you take "savage" in the original sense of: "not domesticated". Instincts are great survival assets and they include many things from tit-sucking to fear of snakes or blood. IMO they also include a sense of natural morality, which is the basis for any form of cultural morality. The first is as close to a moral absolute as you will get, and includes protection for children and helping people in need (to the extent that it doesn't cost the helper much). The second is more variable.

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