tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747503782613986319.post704312737849602190..comments2022-06-10T22:26:42.828-05:00Comments on Looking In The Distance: Is Morality Instinctual?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747503782613986319.post-4165968872744167812008-01-21T19:29:00.000-05:002008-01-21T19:29:00.000-05:00My comment refers to the statement that:people fee...My comment refers to the statement that:<BR/><BR/><I><B>people feel that those who commit immoral acts deserve to be punished. Not only is it allowable to inflict pain on a person who has broken a moral rule; it is wrong not to, to “let them get away with it.” People are thus untroubled in inviting divine retribution or the power of the state to harm other people they deem immoral. Bertrand Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747503782613986319.post-68276219932888844872008-01-20T18:31:00.000-05:002008-01-20T18:31:00.000-05:00Helen, Megan et al Another article pertinent to th...Helen, Megan et al <BR/><BR/>Another article pertinent to this discussion is <A HREF="http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/printable/4275/" REL="nofollow"> The Tyranny of Science</A> in which Frank Furedi talks about how scientific evidence is being repackaged as ‘The Science’: a superstitious dogma used to hector us on everything from sex to saving the planet. <BR/><BR/>Furedi makes theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747503782613986319.post-6669917201143224782008-01-18T11:59:00.000-05:002008-01-18T11:59:00.000-05:00Hi Helen .... I too wrestled with the brother/sist...Hi Helen .... I too wrestled with the brother/sister sex thing. <BR/><BR/>As I see it morality does appear to be instinctual in that if something harms me in the same way as it harms everyone else then we define that as immorald but only when the harming agency has the capacity to exercise free will. Therefore a rock falling on my head and killing me is not immoral, nor can a lion that kills me Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1747503782613986319.post-78386780725281798272008-01-17T07:44:00.000-05:002008-01-17T07:44:00.000-05:00This was a really interesting article and it made ...This was a really interesting article and it made me think quite a bit about what morality is. <BR/><BR/>I was particularly intrigued by the question of Julie having sex with her brother Mark just for the fun of it. My initial reaction was that this was quite definitely wrong and immoral but then as pointed out elsewhere in the article smoking used to be considered moral but now it is slowly Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com