(August 27, 2019 at 11:58 am)Acrobat Wrote: I'm merely making a case for the nature of morality, that better explains all the unusual particularities of it, than the barely coherent non-sense often sold here.
That's even easier.
We are a social species, and as social species, attributes like: Cooperation, altruism, reciprocity, kin selection, etc, are evolved traits, as a survival mechanism. We evolved in groups of 50-150 where, being ejected from the group, meant almost certain death.
This perception you mention, is the result of the above evolved behaviors.
All one has to do is look at our closest relatives, Bonobo chimps. They will: protect weaker members of their group even if it endangers their own life, will share food even if it is in short supply, will adopt orphaned babies, will punish violent members of the groups and eject them, will show sadness when a group member dies, and many other behaviors that can only be described as morality.
Do Bonobo chimps also have this 'teleological sense' you speak of?
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
