(June 20, 2021 at 8:08 pm)brewer Wrote:(June 20, 2021 at 7:46 pm)JohnJubinsky Wrote: My point was that through natural selection (founded in genetics) most babies have an inborn sense of right and wrong. Additionally, I don't believe that an action has to be taken to become immoral because we are making moral decisions in our thoughts every minute of our lives. We can become immoral without doing anything except thinking. There is the problem of definitions. One can hide behind that. However, a famous answer to it that I know you have heard is that "I can't define it but I know it when I see it"
Speaking for myself, you'll need to provide something more than 'it just feels that way' before I'll consider a genetic component for morals.
I've read some psyc studies claiming infants/toddlers behavior demonstrates the ability to recognize good or bad actions, but that does not mean that they possess morals.
I can only ask you to read my original post more carefully. It is very well founded in natural selection which is overwhelmingly accepted by the scientific community.
