ok. i don't agree, but i'm not going to derail this.
so you asked why is it wrong to kill innocent people:
1. because we live in a society, killing innocent people MUST be greatly discouraged, or our own survival will be in great danger.
2. because killing innocent people will reduce the productivity of the entire unit as a whole.
3. killing innocent people will also make their loved ones very unhappy and likely to retaliate, threatening the entire group's fitness (i use this as an evolutionary term).
Therefore, we biologically develop a sense that killing innocent people is wrong. This sense is what a lot of people refer to as conscience, morals, what have you. And furthermore, our societies drive this point home by instilling laws against killing innocent people.
Things are not intrinsically wrong or intrinsically right. We believe they are, because this belief helped us survive, so this belief is passed down. So even though i explain killing in this rational and calculative manner, in truth, i behave as it it's wrong because it's wrong because it's wrong. It's just an explanation of why we will feel this way, not saying i calculate like this and if it becomes beneficial i think killing is ok.
so you asked why is it wrong to kill innocent people:
1. because we live in a society, killing innocent people MUST be greatly discouraged, or our own survival will be in great danger.
2. because killing innocent people will reduce the productivity of the entire unit as a whole.
3. killing innocent people will also make their loved ones very unhappy and likely to retaliate, threatening the entire group's fitness (i use this as an evolutionary term).
Therefore, we biologically develop a sense that killing innocent people is wrong. This sense is what a lot of people refer to as conscience, morals, what have you. And furthermore, our societies drive this point home by instilling laws against killing innocent people.
Things are not intrinsically wrong or intrinsically right. We believe they are, because this belief helped us survive, so this belief is passed down. So even though i explain killing in this rational and calculative manner, in truth, i behave as it it's wrong because it's wrong because it's wrong. It's just an explanation of why we will feel this way, not saying i calculate like this and if it becomes beneficial i think killing is ok.
