Since loaded polls seem to be the rage these days.
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Since loaded polls seem to be the rage these days.
If one accepts and agrees to this definition of moral:
a person's standards of behavior or beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable for them to do.
Then who does not have morals?
I tend very heavily towards moral realism.
I see right/wrong grounded in God.
I think humans access this moral knowledge, imperfectly, through a mix of conscience and reason.
Neither conscience nor reason is anywhere near infallible, and people vary in their abilities in the use of such.
The vehicles through which this knowledge may come (to which conscience and reason are applied) are very varied (potentially anything), but usually include: personal experience, religion, philosophy, history, science, and art.
Like all other human endeavours, moral understanding can wax or wane, progress or regress. Mostly, I'd say our moral understanding (in 'developed' countries) is progressing and better now than a few hundred years ago (or even sixty years ago).
Morality comes from God. It is inherent in man in a general way. No one is born a tabula rasa, a blank slate.Since loaded polls seem to be the rage these days.
Morality comes from God. It is inherent in man in a general way. No one is born a tabula rasa, a blank slate.
It is still moralityI suspect some might not meet this definition if their morality varies depending upon the circumstances - so very much a moving target.
Instinct, and morality are not the same. Animals just do as instinct directs them. They neither know or care why they act, they act.Well I'm glad to see a dusting of such was granted to many species of animals besides us, since many seem to display very much what we might experience - but do they know it as such?
Blank Slate - worth reading, by Pinker - if you haven't already read it.
Instinct, and morality are not the same. Animals just do as instinct directs them. They neither know or care why they act, they act.
Of course, humans reason, and have conscience's. They may know right, but choose to do wrong.
Instinct, and morality are not the same. Animals just do as instinct directs them. They neither know or care why they act, they act.
Of course, humans reason, and have conscience's. They may know right, but choose to do wrong.
If one accepts and agrees to this definition of moral:
a person's standards of behavior or beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable for them to do.