RE: Large Scale Conditioning
June 4, 2015 at 4:16 pm
(This post was last modified: June 4, 2015 at 4:17 pm by Pyrrho.)
If you mean by "social morality," whatever society regards as right, I think you are not far off the mark. Anyone can see that different societies have different ideas about what is morally right and what is morally wrong. Though (and this is the important part) they are not entirely dissimilar. It is in the commonality that you will find hints of what is going on.
The short answer is, there is a part of human nature called "empathy," which is the source of morality. If you want the long answer, I recommend reading David Hume's Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, which can be found here:
http://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/hume-e...-of-morals
The short answer is, there is a part of human nature called "empathy," which is the source of morality. If you want the long answer, I recommend reading David Hume's Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, which can be found here:
http://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/hume-e...-of-morals
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
