(June 9, 2012 at 6:57 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: But surely morality is related to conscious thought. Can we agree on that much?
On a conceptual rather that actual level yes.
The only real test for these things is to remove humans from social control, but since babies can't fend for themselves, its probably impossible to falsify.
If standard morality developed in a human who had never been subject to a society of some form, including parental interaction, it would be an argument that it transcends the consciousness to a higher level. But only barely.
Self-authenticating private evidence is useless, because it is indistinguishable from the illusion of it. ― Kel, Kelosophy Blog
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
