Thank you Taylor. I agree that it appears to be innate.
You seem to be basing this upon what you have learned from ‘science’ as being a possibility. You also quote, in a way, what ‘evolution’ says about it. So, in a more direct way, rather than agreeing that you are not attracted to the intellectual aspect of an ethos, to me, it looks like you are basing your position of “it IS” upon what others have said. I see this as at least a meme aspect of intellection. I find this quite different from a direct apprehension of “it IS” which is what I would expect if you were sharing what you base your view of the ‘innate’ aspect of ethics upon. Again, not an attack in any way, just an effort to clarify and gain a greater understanding. On Nov 14, 11:35 am, Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <<IF you can address specifically either/both of innate and > intellectually arrived at too, that would accelerate the discussion > somewhat. >> > > There is a growing body of scientific evidence that we have an innate > sense of right and wrong, or at least what some call a "moral > grammar". There are obviously some cultural nuances, but still strong > similarities that cut across cultures. Even young children are able > to make "appropriate" moral choices. > > The evolutionary explanation of this is that these behaviors were > conducive to group cooperation and thus genes that contributed to the > behaviors tended to propagate. You can google a lot of books on the > evolution of morality. > > So the basic thrust is most of us have a evolutionary-derived sense of > right and wrong that doesn't need to be defended in any objective way, > but it just IS. > > As for the intellectually derived morality, I'm not a big proponent of > it, because in the end, their results must match our intuitions, which > they often don't. However, you will see centuries of philosophers > attempting to determine a formal way of determining right and wrong, > such as utilitarianism. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
