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Post by Sottaceti on Apr 26, 2011 16:50:50 GMT -8
...why should we discontinue the objectification of morals through the God concept? Essentially it is just one person's values justified by a supposed divine entity, but since we have arrived at our current standing through that sort of progressivism, what good will it do to change morals to another's non-religious and insanely-logic-ed views? I heard a man argue that he has the right to enforce his will over those weaker than him because he is stronger, and it has been bothering him. He has a point. In nature, this is the exact hierarchy of things. So then why is it different in civilization? Is it society at work, and progressivism of God? In short, I'm simply asking: Why do we not have the right to harm others?
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Post by Kari on Apr 26, 2011 19:04:25 GMT -8
Sometimes I wonder if you lied when you told me your age.
You ask a good question. I have an answer.
I understand "survival of the fittest", I dabble in zoology as a hobby. It is "the way of the jungle". BUT I must point out, animals, while they have an intelligence that allows them to learn, do not have the capability to be empathetic. For example, and to illustrate, a lioness on the Savanah only sees the zebra as food; she cannot feel the sorrow of the zebra's herdmates. The heardmates don't even feel sorry for him. If the lioness's cub is taken to a zoo, she will try to protect it out of instinct, but if she cannot save the cub, she won't remember later.
People, on the other foot, have a higher intelligence. We can feel for the Lioness who lost her cub. If it were an Animal Planet movie, some might even cry. If our children are taken, we always remember, we always feel that.
That is the reason we don't have the right to hurt eachother: we have the ability to be empathetic towards all. We have a higher intelligence; we aren't animals. Humans are already the dominant species. If we stoop to the level of the animals, then we risk losing our title.
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Post by Sottaceti on Apr 27, 2011 14:09:13 GMT -8
Huh... I suppose that could easily relinquish of him any kind of merit Delphinus from MT would have about denying empathy and retaining the title "intelligent".
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Post by Kari on Apr 27, 2011 14:21:58 GMT -8
....Did I win then?
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