RE: What is the source for our morals?
November 14, 2015 at 1:02 pm
(This post was last modified: November 14, 2015 at 1:05 pm by robvalue.)
This is how things seem to me, based on my experience and observation of others:
I'd argue that we have natural feedback which makes it comfortable to act in what our body considers to be a moral way, and uncomfortable to act immorally. And there appear to be fail-safes to make it physically harder to act immorally, with our body fighting the hardest against the most immoral actions. So it's often easier to act morally, because you're not fighting against yourself, or dealing with the consequences from yourself.
Of course, what your body considers moral changes throughout your life, and if you break through your own fail-safes enough times, they become less and less of a barrier.
In this way, morality is more than simple pragmatism. I would describe it as pragmatism for someone who doesn't have any of the above feelings.
I'd argue that we have natural feedback which makes it comfortable to act in what our body considers to be a moral way, and uncomfortable to act immorally. And there appear to be fail-safes to make it physically harder to act immorally, with our body fighting the hardest against the most immoral actions. So it's often easier to act morally, because you're not fighting against yourself, or dealing with the consequences from yourself.
Of course, what your body considers moral changes throughout your life, and if you break through your own fail-safes enough times, they become less and less of a barrier.
In this way, morality is more than simple pragmatism. I would describe it as pragmatism for someone who doesn't have any of the above feelings.
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