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The origin of morality
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The origin of morality
To make a long story short, all humans have roughly the same moral system within broad limits. No human society condones gratuitous murder of and theft from members of that society. Gratuitous slaughter of and theft from non-members is not generally condemned from the earliest written records to the slaughter of Iraqis in the second Gulf War.

Note also these same rules of behavior, within the usual broad limits, are found in all social species from ants to elephants. In all species there are exceptions to average behavior which are dealt with by the social group.

Clearly neither the tribes of Borneo nor prides of lions have ever studied Christian morality yet have the same rules of behavior. There is clearly no basis for involving the Christian sky marshal in the matter of morality.
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The origin of morality - by A_Nony_Mouse - April 2, 2013 at 7:35 pm
RE: The origin of morality - by Joel - April 2, 2013 at 7:36 pm
RE: The origin of morality - by Paraselene - April 2, 2013 at 7:43 pm
RE: The origin of morality - by Neo-Scholastic - April 2, 2013 at 8:07 pm
RE: The origin of morality - by Paraselene - April 2, 2013 at 8:21 pm
RE: The origin of morality - by Neo-Scholastic - April 3, 2013 at 8:48 am
RE: The origin of morality - by Paraselene - April 4, 2013 at 6:25 pm
RE: The origin of morality - by Neo-Scholastic - April 4, 2013 at 6:27 pm
RE: The origin of morality - by A_Nony_Mouse - April 3, 2013 at 8:58 pm
RE: The origin of morality - by Simon Moon - April 2, 2013 at 8:11 pm
RE: The origin of morality - by Godschild - April 2, 2013 at 8:56 pm
RE: The origin of morality - by A_Nony_Mouse - April 4, 2013 at 12:53 am
RE: The origin of morality - by Ryantology - April 4, 2013 at 2:36 am
RE: The origin of morality - by Joel - April 2, 2013 at 8:12 pm
RE: The origin of morality - by Mystical - April 2, 2013 at 8:46 pm
RE: The origin of morality - by Joel - April 2, 2013 at 8:57 pm
RE: The origin of morality - by Mystical - April 2, 2013 at 9:12 pm
RE: The origin of morality - by Minimalist - April 2, 2013 at 11:05 pm
RE: The origin of morality - by Godschild - April 3, 2013 at 12:18 am
RE: The origin of morality - by Mystical - April 3, 2013 at 12:32 am
RE: The origin of morality - by Godschild - April 3, 2013 at 1:02 am
RE: The origin of morality - by Mystical - April 3, 2013 at 1:18 am
RE: The origin of morality - by fr0d0 - April 3, 2013 at 1:43 am
RE: The origin of morality - by KichigaiNeko - April 3, 2013 at 8:49 am
RE: The origin of morality - by fr0d0 - April 3, 2013 at 1:07 pm
RE: The origin of morality - by A_Nony_Mouse - April 4, 2013 at 2:52 am
RE: The origin of morality - by The Grand Nudger - April 3, 2013 at 8:56 am
RE: The origin of morality - by Joel - April 3, 2013 at 9:07 am
RE: The origin of morality - by The Grand Nudger - April 3, 2013 at 9:10 am
RE: The origin of morality - by Joel - April 3, 2013 at 9:21 am
RE: The origin of morality - by Mystical - April 3, 2013 at 11:09 am
RE: The origin of morality - by The Grand Nudger - April 3, 2013 at 11:14 am
RE: The origin of morality - by Mystical - April 3, 2013 at 11:21 am
RE: The origin of morality - by Faith No More - April 3, 2013 at 1:59 pm
RE: The origin of morality - by The Grand Nudger - April 3, 2013 at 2:11 pm
RE: The origin of morality - by Joel - April 3, 2013 at 2:25 pm
RE: The origin of morality - by Angrboda - April 3, 2013 at 2:31 pm
RE: The origin of morality - by The Grand Nudger - April 3, 2013 at 2:33 pm
RE: The origin of morality - by Angrboda - April 3, 2013 at 2:36 pm
RE: The origin of morality - by A_Nony_Mouse - April 4, 2013 at 3:23 am
RE: The origin of morality - by fr0d0 - April 4, 2013 at 8:27 am
RE: The origin of morality - by Neo-Scholastic - April 4, 2013 at 5:52 pm
RE: The origin of morality - by Paraselene - April 4, 2013 at 6:03 pm
RE: The origin of morality - by Neo-Scholastic - April 4, 2013 at 6:07 pm
RE: The origin of morality - by fr0d0 - April 4, 2013 at 3:21 am
RE: The origin of morality - by Aractus - April 4, 2013 at 4:15 am
RE: The origin of morality - by A_Nony_Mouse - April 5, 2013 at 3:26 am
RE: The origin of morality - by Joel - April 4, 2013 at 8:06 am
RE: The origin of morality - by Joel - April 4, 2013 at 8:44 am
RE: The origin of morality - by The Grand Nudger - April 4, 2013 at 6:33 pm

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