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the evolution of morality
Asst. Prof Joshua Greene's area of study fits right into many of the forum discussions.
Thisfrom todays Sci Amer Article [ QUOTE ] "Part of normal development is this emotional responding to another human being," he says. "It's not something you have to learn or you have to go have a specific religious experience to pick up, or have a cultural experience…. It is based on emotionally responding to others, and there's a part of the brain dedicated to that." [/ QUOTE ] From his homepage I then reached this - from an article of his in Nature Reviews Neuroscience - "A world full of people who regard their moral convictions as reflections of personal values rather than reflections of ‘the objective moral truth’ might be a happier and more peaceful place than the world we currently inhabit". That seems to capture some of the exchanges on here. My take - we have evolved a sense of morality but it's too broad brush, especially for todays social conditions, including mobility and mass weapons, and it needs to be mixed with a gollop of rationality. luckyme |
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Re: the evolution of morality
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Asst. Prof Joshua Greene's area of study fits right into many of the forum discussions. Thisfrom todays Sci Amer Article [ QUOTE ] "Part of normal development is this emotional responding to another human being," he says. "It's not something you have to learn or you have to go have a specific religious experience to pick up, or have a cultural experience…. It is based on emotionally responding to others, and there's a part of the brain dedicated to that." [/ QUOTE ] From his homepage I then reached this - from an article of his in Nature Reviews Neuroscience - "A world full of people who regard their moral convictions as reflections of personal values rather than reflections of ‘the objective moral truth’ might be a happier and more peaceful place than the world we currently inhabit". That seems to capture some of the exchanges on here. My take - we have evolved a sense of morality but it's too broad brush, especially for todays social conditions, including mobility and mass weapons, and it needs to be mixed with a gollop of rationality. luckyme [/ QUOTE ] And not just too broad a brush, but there are 'moral illusions' just as sure as there are optical ones, and for the same reason. |
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Re: the evolution of morality
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And not just too broad a brush, but there are 'moral illusions' just as sure as there are optical ones, and for the same reason. [/ QUOTE ] Donald Hoffman's "Visual Intelligence - How we create what we see" was fascinating. I haven't heard the term 'moral illusions' before, but I can see the similarity. Do you have a few examples or a handy-dandy link that uses that approach? luckyme |
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