(June 6, 2012 at 7:05 pm)ScienceLovesGod Wrote:(June 6, 2012 at 5:48 pm)Annik Wrote: Well, we learn morality through social cues, not intuition. Babies aren't born with morals, they are taught to them.
There is no moral compass we were born with? Prove it.
A simple answer: If morality was fully innate, it would be consistent, universal and unchanging,but it isn't so it ain't.
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Actually Annik, he's right; having made a positive claim, you have attracted the burden of proof. Lots of luck.
My position: Morality is a survival tool,based on pragmatism. Because its rudiments have been observed in chimps, some form of morality MAY be hardwired in us too.
So far, I have never seen any evidence of any external or transcendent moral authority. I recognise only conscience.
I cannot prove my position,which is only by default.IE failing proof of anything better.
