What of the morals built into our bodys, the D.N.A., and the brain?

[charlesseamanj]

I believe that morals can be determined by looking at the way we were made. Weather we were created or not, we can see a design in ourselvs that can show us what is right and wrong.

 

[Spherical Time]

I believe that morals can be determined by looking at the way we were made. Weather we were created or not, we can see a design in ourselvs that can show us what is right and wrong.

Alright, that's a fairly general statement. What exactly are you looking at to determine right and wrong, and what does this evidence prove to you and why?

 

[charlesseamanj]

If you do not know by now, then my telling you will be worthless.

 

[Nymphalidae]

Please post a link to the original, peer-reviewed research that you got this idea from. It would also be nice if you could give us the gene(s) involved in morality.

 

[Spherical Time]

If you do not know by now, then my telling you will be worthless.

Uh . . . okay. Why do I feel like I'm back to dating in high school?

You've only given a single brief post on the subject and included no specifics. Do you really have some kind of argument here?

I suppose I can just come out and say it:

I disagree with your original post.

 

[z3ro]

If you do not know by now, then my telling you will be worthless.

Way to educate people about your point. I shall do the same thing:

You are wrong. If you don't understand why, I'm not going to explain it to you.

 

[FSTDT]

I believe that morals can be determined by looking at the way we were made. Weather we were created or not, we can see a design in ourselvs that can show us what is right and wrong.

Actually there is a lot of study that has gone into this area, and pretty much centers around the nature/nurture debate.

For the most part, most research supports the idea that morality and the way we interact with people is a developmental and slowly learned process. The two big dogs in this area are Lawrence Kohlberg and Jean Piaget who studied and documented the moral development of children (the first stages are the egoist, followed by pragmatist, followed by accepting authorities, then social contracts, and finally self-motivation to be morally upstanding).

What we know is that the morals people tend to hold are relative to their surroundings - its a kind of cultural relativism. And also, certain parenting styles, certain urban or rural surroundings, certain expectations all play a part in the final morality that a person will have.

 

[llucas]

God bless sociology