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Re:Prominent Scientists Sign Declaration that Animals have C... by lifeisstillgood on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @05:10AM (#5898266)
Is it programmed into us? If not how do we feel it? If it is programmed in, can it be re-written?
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Re:Prominent Scientists Sign Declaration that Animals have C... by verroq on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @05:31AM (#5898316)
Humans adapt to the moral system of their society. There is no set of "universal morals" that all humans have.

But do realise this, since I'm not a moral relativity apologist. I'm going to say that moral systems are not equal and some backward societies need to get their systems fixed.

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Re:Prominent Scientists Sign Declaration that Animals have C... by lifeisstillgood on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @06:51AM (#5898483)
Have you read the god delusion by Dawkins? There he takes on just that myth - there has been a very good body of research in presenting people with the same set of moral conundrums - every race and culture, even "primitive" have indistinguishable moral responses. (Obviously individual variance was high)

Worth a read.

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Re:Prominent Scientists Sign Declaration that Animals have C... by tbrownaw on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @10:55AM (#5899550)
There is no set of "universal morals" that all humans have.

What about « If "everybody" (who I identify with to at least such-and-such a degree) did X, would it harm me or my family/descendants? »?

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