Not A Poll: Does Motivation Affect Morality?

[Edwardo Piet]

@ OP, I read this book about morality in an ethics class, the author said that people adjust their morals to fit their actions and not the other way around. I think that's very true. Most people find ways to justify the way they choose to live. We base our morals on our own experiences. I do think human beings are biologically evolved to lean towards certain moral beliefs though.

Absolutely and I think that's something fundamental about human nature. Even more so after the book I have recently been reading on cognitive biases.

This quote describes it very concisely and eloquently I think:

Man is not a rational animal, he is a rationalizing animal

Exactly right I think.

-Hammy