(October 23, 2013 at 1:43 pm)Phea1Mike Wrote: I suppose the reason so many are confused about this has to do with our culture. We have collectively chosen to value, (religious and non-religious alike), competition, profit, and greed over cooperation, honor, and love, and it's turning our world into a cesspool.
Humans have evolved to be social, to be empathetic, to cooperate. We have to care about, and care for each other since we are all but helpless for the first several years of our lives. Some, "primitive" cultures figured this out and lived accordingly. A good example are the Native Americans who, when we first arrived, believed greed, (taking more than you need), was a form of mental illness!
Humans have also evolved to be competitive, selfish, profit-oriented and greedy - so why is it that being social and empathetic are called moral traits while others are called immoral?