But our sense of morality is not just a construct- it’s neurologically bound to us. Theft, murder, etc are universally reviled as wrong, even if the specifics of how we define them may vary. Moreover, animals of many kinds, most predominantly social ones, have similar sets of ingrained “morality” and will punish members that violate it.
Again, AP, that relates to their “social constructs” – just because they are animals doesn’t mean they haven’t developed a society. If murder were identified as being wrong by a “neurologically ingrained” structure, humans wouldn’t have wars – and squirrels wouldn’t kill each other over nuts.
A neurologically ingrained structure doesn’t imply an extremely strict lawbook inside our brains. It could be a natural vague sense or some kind of concept, same way we feel hungry and have a thin sense of wanting to eat, which is only simply enforced into a stronger idea via nurture.
January 13, 2010
Girl’s argument and example are oh so wrong
February 15, 2011
But our sense of morality is not just a construct- it’s neurologically bound to us. Theft, murder, etc are universally reviled as wrong, even if the specifics of how we define them may vary. Moreover, animals of many kinds, most predominantly social ones, have similar sets of ingrained “morality” and will punish members that violate it.
July 19, 2011
Again, AP, that relates to their “social constructs” – just because they are animals doesn’t mean they haven’t developed a society. If murder were identified as being wrong by a “neurologically ingrained” structure, humans wouldn’t have wars – and squirrels wouldn’t kill each other over nuts.
September 14, 2011
A neurologically ingrained structure doesn’t imply an extremely strict lawbook inside our brains. It could be a natural vague sense or some kind of concept, same way we feel hungry and have a thin sense of wanting to eat, which is only simply enforced into a stronger idea via nurture.
September 28, 2018
… squirrels kill each other over nuts?
December 10, 2019
@X is this news?