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Challenge - Scientific reason for being moral.
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RE: Challenge - Scientific reason for being moral.
The only reason to be moral is your own personal moralistic code. Developed without guidance this could lead to thinking bullying someone on the playground or punching someone in the face (just look at those jackass guys) is funny. It's not genetic so it has to be learned right? I'm sure it comes from lots of extraneous inputs and not one solid place. When you surpass the age of reason you should be able to rationalize and determine where you get your guide for betterment of your moralistic code by selection. Some people choose religious ideals, some people mimic heroes or authority figures. Some use TV. The only thing that makes one worth more is a) it's reliability b)track record c)the impact on it's relative society.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post

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Challenge - Scientific reason for being moral. - by Mr Camel - September 21, 2010 at 12:08 am
RE: Challenge - Scientific reason for being moral. - by padraic - September 21, 2010 at 12:45 am
RE: Challenge - Scientific reason for being moral. - by annatar - September 21, 2010 at 1:34 am
RE: Challenge - Scientific reason for being moral. - by Cerrone - September 21, 2010 at 3:27 pm
RE: Challenge - Scientific reason for being moral. - by Cerrone - September 21, 2010 at 3:41 pm
RE: Challenge - Scientific reason for being moral. - by Skipper - September 21, 2010 at 4:34 pm
RE: Challenge - Scientific reason for being moral. - by padraic - September 21, 2010 at 11:17 pm
RE: Challenge - Scientific reason for being moral. - by radames - September 22, 2010 at 1:06 am
RE: Challenge - Scientific reason for being moral. - by Skipper - September 22, 2010 at 10:36 am
RE: Challenge - Scientific reason for being moral. - by radames - September 22, 2010 at 3:55 pm
RE: Challenge - Scientific reason for being moral. - by tackattack - September 22, 2010 at 4:10 pm
RE: Challenge - Scientific reason for being moral. - by radames - September 22, 2010 at 4:49 pm
RE: Challenge - Scientific reason for being moral. - by Skipper - September 23, 2010 at 4:24 am
RE: Challenge - Scientific reason for being moral. - by radames - September 23, 2010 at 5:48 am

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