A Case for Inherent Morality

[Mister Agenda]

With very few exceptions we lack instincts altogether. We've evolved to learn. However we seem to have some 'soft instincts' that we develop early and in common with other social primates. Like senses or sentiments of empathy, fairness and reciprocity that develop fairly early but which is unlikely to survive counter-training. The level of evidence for that is insufficient to be confident that such sentiments are innate when there are so many opportunities for an infant or toddler to be exposed to examples to model, IMHO. I still tend to lean in the direction of these basic sentiments being innate and the emotional component of the various moralities we've constructed...part of why we WANT to be moral.