Elizabeth
Mario's "rock solid moral compass" is based on a simpleton's religious
oriented commonsense. What would be better for him is to have rock-solid
reading and engagment with theoretical ideas about how and why men/women
developed morality from earliest times--well before organised religion.
Seminal books by Emile Durkheim, and especially on the (moral
conscience/consciousness), spell out this issue rather well among so many
other thinkers/authors.
Higher education is basically about debunking commonsense and being touched
by thought and awareness. Some however, do go through higher education
without being touched by it. But there are insightful individuals who have
not been near any higher education and yet developed much depth of
understanding of the human condition.
Cornel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Elisabeth Carvalho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 4:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Theist v/s atheist?
Dear Mario,
Morality does not need the compass of religion to
guide it. It is inherent. Frazer in the Golden Bough,
wonderfully details how societies living in isolation
of each other invariably reach the same conclusion.
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