Morality

[Brian37]

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That depends on what difference you're talking about, some of those differences might be a product of delusions, or falsehoods. Like the Holocaust being built on lies about the Jews.

At the same time, if we were to compile together all the different texts from human civilizations, that outlines moral guidelines and principles, you'd find that there's a great deal of similarity in these outlooks more so than differences.

In fact a variety of studies have shown, that people across cultures, appear to have similar responses to a variety of moral situations, that we share a universal core morality, that just didn't appear now, but has been a part of us from the dawn of human history.

I guess the question could be, even though we share a lot of our moral outlooks in common, why do we still hold some differences, even among semi-reasonable people, and my answer is that some moral questions are complicated, much like truth, which can also differ as a result of it's complexities even among reasonable people, across cultures.

Quote Acrobat..... " that people across cultures, appear to have similar responses to a variety of moral situations,"

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DUH, but again so what. The reason we react pretty much the same way on average is because we are the same species, not because Allah or Thor or Buddha or Vishnu or Apollo or Jesus exist.

You can find in every religious tradition stories of kindness and empathy. That says to me our behaviors are not in old mythology, or holy books, or holy people, but in our evolution.

In Major League Baseball, a New York Yankee has the same desire to win a game as a Boston Red Sock. They may shake hands after the game is over but during the game, the player running to home plate will try to run over the catcher to get to the home plate. And each player my have different rituals they think help them get the win that really amount to nothing more than superstition when talent and work got them into the league.