DOES OUR MORALITY COME FROM OUR ABILITY TO REASON?

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DOES OUR MORALITY COME FROM OUR ABILITY TO REASON?

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prediction : philosophy : DOES OUR MORALITY COME FROM OUR ABILITY TO REASON?

[+] ballot by RobinGaylord
created Wed Jun 22, 05
Some people say that god is the source of our morality and that the bible or other religious doctrines are the only sources we need to resolve any moral dilemma, but our reason separates us from animals and so does our ability to make moral decisions. I don’t think this is a coincidence. What do you think?
Does our morality come from our ability to reason?

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COMMENTS:
Thats a good question, I always believed it was instilled in us by generations of religion, but i could be wrong.

by ABC on Wed Jun 22, 05 5:58pm [+]

I think it is a "learned" behavior, if you see something reinforced (moral) by the people you are around (family members, close friends, ect), then it is something that you will most likely follow. Morals are something that either you learn, or after many hard trials you instigate your own set morality to protect your "way of life". Not everyone has the same set of morals, I think anthropolgy also comes to play with different analogies of morality, and how different cultures have thier own set morals.

by ladyshanalyn on Wed Jun 22, 05 6:02pm [+]

Cold logic and morality are incompatible.

by Heretic on Wed Jun 22, 05 6:03pm [+]

Neuroscientists seem to think so. The same region involved in higher cognitive functions (frontal lobe) is active when making moral judgements.

by thc2883 on Wed Jun 22, 05 6:17pm [+]

It may facilitate it, but I don't believe it causes it -- that would imply that those without morals are diminished in reasoning capacity ... a subjective accusation, at best.

by Cathexis on Wed Jun 22, 05 6:57pm [+]

morality is a very simple logical concept. harm is bad, reduction of harm is good, and that which neither reduces or causes harm is acceptably neutral.

religious morality has much more exceptions, complications, and inconsistencies

by neothe1 on Wed Jun 22, 05 8:40pm [+]

Free will. Choice. Isn't that what separates humanity from the lesser species?

I think along those lines that morality flows from reason. Also morality flows from society.

by xxxxxxxx on Thu Jun 23, 05 1:41am [+]

"Free will. Choice. Isn't that what separates humanity from the lesser species?"

no. WE are the lesser species.

"I think along those lines that morality flows from reason. Also morality flows from society."

there are several kinds of morality. logical morality, legal morality, cultural morality, religious morality, ad so on.

by neothe1 on Thu Jun 23, 05 3:20pm [+]

^can't agree with "we are the lesser species" compared to what.

But I have run into you before and I appreciate that your logic is on the level of the monkeys you think are a higher species.

by xxxxxxxx on Fri Jun 24, 05 3:42pm [+]

can you name a creature stupider than man?

by neothe1 on Sat Jun 25, 05 6:12pm [+]

I think morality comes from our ability to reason and our ability to reason comes from God.

by xhiker on Mon Jul 24, 06 9:33am [+]

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