It is in the nature of an organism to adapt to his environment , whether it is conscious or unconscious. The more capable an organism the better its coping behaviour and adaptability , that which you cannot change you adapt to.
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 11:00 AM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -
