Natural Order and Science

[Harris]

Archaeological evidences show that civil structures of almost all ancient civilizations were based on some moral traditions. In my previous responses I have argued that morals are not a matter of reason or a matter of sentiment, it is conscience that makes man a moral agent whereas conscience is the natural “inbuilt mechanism of self-correction.” I have also repeated many times that science is incapable of dealing with subjective experiences therefore, the attempt to prove or disprove this innate mechanism by applying mechanical means of science is simply incorrect.


You have tried to explain “HOW” by totally omitting “WHY.” That is all what you have done so far.


Feynman is a smart gentleman. If he has said "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool," then he has said it correct.

Throughout my responses that is exactly what I am also saying.

The problem is you think everyone who disagree with you is a fool, while Feynman's quote applies to you. But you are too blind to see that it applies to you. You are the fool, and you are the one who have been easily fooled.

Conscience can be supressed and corrupted easily. However, that absolutely does not mean that conscience by nature is contaminated by human desires. Conscience is pure inner voice that critically give analysis to our own deeds without, or against, our will or deliberate intention.

I have also contended the idea of crime by saying that crime is the outcome of corrupted conscience. A person intentionally corrupts his conscience for the sake of seeking more pleasure.

People who have dead conscience are same everywhere. People who are killing innocent people in Europe are the same people who are killing innocent people in Afghanistan. Only a zombie (here I mean a person whose conscience is dead) is capable of killing innocent women and children for the sake of his career or pleasure. Such a person can be anyone atheist or theist. The belief label in this case serves only the purpose of identity and nothing more.


Tell me, if someone slaps hard on your face just to have some fun, would you take your feelings of humiliation as “the least thing you should trust?” I think you are now confused.


This response is an evidence that you have not understood the concept of conscience. Here I give you few quotes that I picked randomly from the internet. These quotes will give you a better picture of conscience.


“Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity. Those who clearly recognize the voice of their own conscience usually recognize also the voice of justice.”
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn


“Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, 'Something is out of tune.'”
Carl Jung


“THE ROOTS OF VIOLENCE:
Wealth without work,
Pleasure without conscience,
Knowledge without character,
Commerce without morality,
Science without humanity,
Worship without sacrifice,
Politics without principles.”  
Mohandas K. Gandhi


“War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves.”
Leo Tolstoy


“Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing wonder and awe -- the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.”  
Immanuel Kant

More of your crackpot theory. Carry on.

Thank you for the compliments. The things which are true you cannot twist them nor distort according to your likeness. If someone do not like to hear the truth then he can escape from that truth only by deceiving himself.