Morality is (largely?) innate, and if I lined up 100 people and we really went full Socratic method we’d understand it, with only a few ridiculously disturbed and confused people arguing against whatever we acknowledged. It’s just complex, because some things are very case-to-case and people just want moral rulings under 10 words because complexity is scary and they lack discernment (the Germanic “a rule is a rule is a rule and I follow it because I’m a good boy” attitude comes to mind, for instance, which can easily end up in “I was just following orders!”), but the vast majority of people are reasonable enough we’d come to an understanding easily… in the vacuum of propaganda and brainwashing, ofc.
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Flamekebab@piefed.social 2 days agoSin is a religious construct, not an ethical one. One religion considers something a sin, another considers it a sacrament. Unless one is forcing compliance with a single specific religion at a state level it's not particularly useful.
I'd argue that morality is also a construct but the distinguishing factor is that it is not tied to a specific religion and all the baggage associated with it (such as religion as identity, in-groups, that sort of thing).
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 days ago
That’s why there’s only one true religion.
Flamekebab@piefed.social 2 days ago
Snake charming?