RE: what are we supposed to say again when christians ask us where we get our morality?
June 10, 2014 at 6:45 pm
(This post was last modified: June 10, 2014 at 6:45 pm by Tonus.)
(June 10, 2014 at 6:37 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote:Theft, for example, is something that I would not want to have happen to me. Therefore I can reason that it is wrong to take something that belongs to another based on that.(June 9, 2014 at 8:59 pm)Tonus Wrote: I think there is a combination of those factors. As a child it may suffice to be told that something is right or wrong. As we grow older we want to know why things are right and wrong, and we seek explanations and reasons to determine what is right and wrong.Ok, what makes a particular action right or wrong then?
Statler Waldorf Wrote:So it is a majority rules kind of system then?I think that's part of it. We are social creatures and we seem to place a great deal of import in fitting in and being accepted into our local community or society. I think that there is at least some level of peer pressure that drives local standards of behavior, which is why otherwise minor social cues (how polite we are, for example) might change the way we are treated from one place to another.
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