So is morality/religion a means/tool of adaptation?
On Feb 26, 9:17 pm, RP Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > It depends upon man's nature and the opportunities in his environment > that result in successive environments. > > > > On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 6:36 AM, kenny <[email protected]> wrote: > > "and how shall man hope to see himself as nature made him, across all > > the changes which the succession of place and time must have produced > > in his original composition". rousseau > > > On Feb 25, 9:32 am, RP Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> We have choice but it is limited by our motivational forces. We go to > >> a restaurant and order food by choice but according to our taste buds > >> or health habits. Our freedom is bound by many factors , some of which > >> we are not even aware of. The choice is ours and the responsibility is > >> ours but the motivating force behind the curtain is determined by our > >> nature. On being confronted by a bully the meek among us act with > >> timidity but the bold among us act with aggression. Our nature is > >> determined to a large extent by factors beyond our control , we are > >> not responsible for our genes or the environment in which we were born > >> and yet they are responsible for our nature. The desire to change > >> ourselves , to improve ourselves comes from within us and is innate in > >> us , what we see as our freedom has causative factors of which we are > >> not aware. > > >> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 7:21 PM, pol.science kid <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > I was thinking...it is our ability to make a choice that makes us > >> > moral beings....but is it necessary that animals dont make a > >> > choice...and do we really make an active choice....and i would like > >> > someone to talk about responsibility in the same sense...- Hide quoted > >> > text - > > - Show quoted text -
