(October 18, 2014 at 6:30 pm)Brian37 Wrote: I hate the word "philosophy". Science has proven that our morality is evolutionary, we see the same acts of cruelty and compassion in other primates and mammals as well as other species.
What science has actually proven is that certain biological instincts are match actions that are normally regarded as moral. Human morality goes above and beyond anything akin to moral behavior found in the rest of the animal kingdom.
(October 18, 2014 at 6:30 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Mind everyone reading this though, having said "You don't need religion to be moral" does not make atheists automatically moral either, we are all still the same species. Atheists need to accept that as well.
The key fact to remember here is that we are not automatically moral - which is what we need philosophy for, to develop a system of morality.
