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<blockquote data-quote="hedrick" data-source="post: 60924497" data-attributes="member: 239032"><p>C. S. Lewis actually gave a reasonable account of the development of morality independent of religion, in a book "The Abolition of Man." It's similar to this. His concept was that morality was an ongoing tradition that was adjusted over time. Individual items would be critiqued based on other, higher priority items, or experience that a traditional provision tended to cause results that most people consider bad. The technical term (which he didn't use) is "reflective equilibrium." See <a href="http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/reflective-equilibrium/" target="_blank">Reflective Equilibrium (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)</a></p><p></p><p>His position was that this process occurred across cultures and religions, with similar results. The book includes an appendix which was intended to show similar standards from many periods and cultures. This is probably a bit of an oversimplification, since it's clear that cultures do vary, sometimes in significant ways. Yet I think he's right that they do influence each other, and that in the long run there is a general human moral community.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hedrick, post: 60924497, member: 239032"] C. S. Lewis actually gave a reasonable account of the development of morality independent of religion, in a book "The Abolition of Man." It's similar to this. His concept was that morality was an ongoing tradition that was adjusted over time. Individual items would be critiqued based on other, higher priority items, or experience that a traditional provision tended to cause results that most people consider bad. The technical term (which he didn't use) is "reflective equilibrium." See [url=http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/reflective-equilibrium/]Reflective Equilibrium (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)[/url] His position was that this process occurred across cultures and religions, with similar results. The book includes an appendix which was intended to show similar standards from many periods and cultures. This is probably a bit of an oversimplification, since it's clear that cultures do vary, sometimes in significant ways. Yet I think he's right that they do influence each other, and that in the long run there is a general human moral community. [/QUOTE]
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