The data are clear: The boys are not all right

Re:The data are clear: The boys are not all right by nautilius on Thursday February 10, 2022 @10:18AM (#30287298)

I don't think moral is universal at all - 'You shall not kill' vs cannibal societies and honor killings, monogamy vs polygamy, eating animals vs vegetarianism, slavery vs abolitionism, democracy vs. tribalism, patriarchy vs. equality, mothers' rights vs unborn rights, etc.

It's not only not universal, but it's highly fluid (which it couldn't be if it was universal).

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Re:The data are clear: The boys are not all right by v-erne on Thursday February 10, 2022 @07:39PM (#30295163)

I always preferred to look at morals as survival strategies for societies. From this point of view they do not have to be universal to work - its enough that they skew the probablity a bit towards survival of given group and the rest is just some version of Darwins Game of Life.

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Re:The data are clear: The boys are not all right by nautilius on Friday February 11, 2022 @10:16AM (#30302373)

Obviously they don't have to be universal to work, that's my whole post - they aren't, and humanity was pretty successful in settling every last piece of this planet.

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