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Morality
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RE: Morality
(October 31, 2017 at 12:04 am)bennyboy Wrote: Objectivity and subjectivity aren't necessarily mutually exclusive.  Subjectivity means you experience a moral sense.  But there is still plenty of objective truth behind morality: DNA, brain structure, environmental conditions and so on.

You can both say, "I cannot imagine allowing a child to be harmed," and also identify brain structures and processes involved when someone thinks about the protection of young people.

Emotions and their production are written in out DNA, meaning that "feeling bad" or feeling "guilty" about something is pretty much a given ability since birth. To me; that's more of a pointing to an intelligent designer behind our existence.
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Morality - by WinterHold - October 30, 2017 at 11:41 pm
RE: Morality - by bennyboy - October 31, 2017 at 12:04 am
RE: Morality - by WinterHold - October 31, 2017 at 1:00 am
RE: Morality - by bennyboy - October 31, 2017 at 8:46 am
RE: Morality - by WinterHold - November 1, 2017 at 5:27 am
RE: Morality - by Cyberman - November 1, 2017 at 9:09 am
RE: Morality - by The Grand Nudger - October 31, 2017 at 12:28 am
RE: Morality - by WinterHold - October 31, 2017 at 1:46 am
RE: Morality - by The Grand Nudger - October 31, 2017 at 1:02 am
RE: Morality - by SaStrike - October 31, 2017 at 8:27 am
RE: Morality - by WinterHold - November 1, 2017 at 4:57 am
RE: Morality - by Gawdzilla Sama - October 31, 2017 at 8:43 am
RE: Morality - by Brian37 - October 31, 2017 at 8:47 am
RE: Morality - by WinterHold - November 1, 2017 at 5:33 am
RE: Morality - by The Industrial Atheist - October 31, 2017 at 9:21 am
RE: Morality - by WinterHold - November 1, 2017 at 5:36 am
RE: Morality - by Mister Agenda - October 31, 2017 at 11:43 am
RE: Morality - by The Grand Nudger - November 1, 2017 at 5:14 am
RE: Morality - by WinterHold - November 1, 2017 at 12:47 pm
RE: Morality - by The Grand Nudger - November 1, 2017 at 5:29 am
RE: Morality - by The Grand Nudger - November 1, 2017 at 5:34 am
RE: Morality - by The Grand Nudger - November 1, 2017 at 5:41 am
RE: Morality - by Edwardo Piet - November 1, 2017 at 5:53 am
RE: Morality - by Cyberman - November 1, 2017 at 1:21 pm
RE: Morality - by The Grand Nudger - November 1, 2017 at 1:36 pm

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