Comment on Without the precursor of Spirituality and Religion, there can be no morality.
Lumidaub@feddit.org 6 days agoYes I am sure the first time you were hurt as a baby, before conscious thought even kicked in, you suddenly knew what was “morally correct”.
I dud not say that.
There is no such thing as “inherent” traits. If that were true no human would hurt another human because we all would be coded not to do that and wouldn’t need someone to tell you what is wrong and right.
There are, believe it or not, more things besides empathy that determine human behaviour. Weird, complicated creatures.
If all evidence suggests that groups of humans have all had a spiritual belief structure I think it is safe to assume that as a requirement for a consistent, and easy to communicate “moral code”.
That just means humans akso have an inherent wish to understand and explain things, even when they don’t have the necessary means yet.
Arkouda@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
You may want to answer my question “When did you learn that hurting was wrong and who taught you?” again considering you were a baby without definable consciousness.
You are free to provide examples if you want me to agree with you.
Which means that spiritual and religious belief structures would have been required for us to advance to where we are today, which was my entire point, based on your idea of “inherent”. Even though again, nothing is “inherent” regarding moral belief.
Lumidaub@feddit.org 6 days ago
People rarely learn stuff all at once but gradually and in stages.
I guess I won’t provide any examples then.
That does not follow from what I said.
Arkouda@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
If you have a point to make, make it. Otherwise go away if you aren’t going to engage in good faith discussion.
Lumidaub@feddit.org 6 days ago
I have made my point, you just don’t want to accept it.