Do you believe that some form of morality (not the ability to accept morality, but actual moral tendencies) can be, or is, present in humans regardless of what they have been taught and exposed to?? In simplistic terms, are some morals hard-wired in some or all humans?? Elaborate on this your answer as much as you like.
first of all, i don't really think its moral for us to write your ethics paper
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i think so. where else do they come from. right or wrong could be argued that they were laws passed down from generation to generation and having been reaised under certain laws dictated the moral code that the people within that society adhered to.
but still, where did it come from?
i think that we have a conscience. some little angel on our shoulder, reminding us what we have been taught and advising against inappropriate behavior when we begin to idealize acting on such behavior. i think its that little angel that wouyld tell us, whether we were taught the difference between right from wrong or not, that what we are thinking about doing is not reasonable behavior.
i could understand that maybe people with AS would need a set of written ruled, engraved in stone. but i suggest that we don't because we all share common principles. these are societies morals that have been passed down from gen to gen and reaffirmed in a consistent manner , through action, since we were born. whether through old sayings, reminders from parents with discipline for breaking the rules, seeing people get arrested, and so on.
how about this: alot of people around here curse. now is cursing morrally wrong? the ten commandments tell us not to use the lords name in vain, and i think that would be the closest example of a written rule. but nobody is going to be arrested for dropping an F-Bomb.
what about children, does it make it more wrong for a parent to curse infront of their children then say one of their contemporaries? i'd say no, cursing is probably an individual moral choice, rather than societies standards , which are law.
finally, i mentioned the ten commandments earlier. well, if you dont believe in god or follow the teachings of the bible, you should still clearly see that the ten commandments make alot of sense, right? well if they do and god doesn't exist, then you have to believe in a basic moral principle inside at least some of the people. because whoever wrote the bible, didn't just pull the ten commandments out of their ass.
either way you slice it, i think a good example of morals and the lack of rules or a social structure was pretty well written about in the lord of the flies.
PMS Elle, are you feeling a little bit philisophical?
