Comment on Without the precursor of Spirituality and Religion, there can be no morality.
Arkouda@lemmy.ca 6 days agoI would love to see the archaeological evidence that suggests our species begun exploring “morality” through agreeing on certain behaviors being “good” or “bad”. Unfortunately all evidence we have on early humans demonstrates our species has been “spiritual”, e.g. believing in a greater force beyond our control that determines outcomes and promotes group unity, as long as we were leaving a mark on the world that outlasted our bodies.
You can disagree, but that doesn’t change what we know about early humans and their early belief systems, and that we lack any supporting evidence for your point.
Z3k3@lemmy.world 6 days ago
We don’t need archeology we see it every day with pack animals. Those that don’t conform get ostracised or worse
Arkouda@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
That isn’t “morality”.
Z3k3@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Morality is just a word we give to our personal rules to live by thes begin in groups
Arkouda@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
Morality is a word given to a specific idea, i.e. a universal set of rules for “Good” and “Bad” that are believed to be undeniable, and is different from “rules” or “laws” prescribed to live cohesively.
If we agree not to murder each other to the benefit of the group, we are not saying we won’t kill each other if it no longer benefits the group. If we agree that murder is inherently wrong, we are saying that we won’t kill each other even if it does benefit the group.
Morality requires more than simply agreeing to not do something. Simply abiding by a rule in animals is called “premoral behavior”, which assumes they are not acting with morality but the precursor to it. Much like we would have before developing those basic “rules” into a morality that has been historically done through spirituality.