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Completely removing religion and pc correctness and cultural obligations from my life fairly early on resulted in a very light weight approach to life and the r

Completely removing religion and pc correctness and cultural obligations from my life fairly early on resulted in a very light weight approach to life and the removal of inner chatter bullshit. Do what makes sense to you to get the best result in the purpose of life you have chosen. Basic morality has already been ingrained in us through evolution and is quite adequate by itself. Why we then we must slap words on it to allow it to be spread through the consciousness of people like a bad virus is beyond me. It just causes cognitive dissonance as everyone is not the same in their pursuit of happiness.

debaserab2 10y ago
> Basic morality has already been ingrained in us through evolution and is quite adequate by itself. How exactly did you arrive at that conclusion?
- bholzer 10y ago
  Babies of humans and other species have been shown to have a sense of morality that is not learned. https://campuspress.yale.edu/karenwynn/files/2015/10/WynnInnatenessChapter2007-28xeyit.pdf https://campuspress.yale.edu/karenwynn/files/2015/10/WynnInn...
- sebringj 10y ago
  @bholzer put it nicely. Google "chimps and bonobos demonstrate morality". Cooperation increased survivability and that generally has affected our acceptance of what is intrinsic to what feels right. Later religion slapped on meaning to it via super natural explanation which was the best bullshit they could come up with at the time. I get up voted on PC answers by the way but I should have cited some examples.
  - debaserab2 10y ago
    Seeing a chimp and bonobo demonstrate morality doesn't exactly assure me that a born sense of morality is "adequate enough by itself". Pretty sure there is a zoo in Cincinnati that agrees with me on that one.
    - sebringj 10y ago
      Prison isn't known for bringing out the best in humans either.
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- gnaritas 10y ago
  > How exactly did you arrive at that conclusion? You're here aren't you? Had it not been sufficient, the human animal wouldn't have survived for 200k years. Morality is innate, instinctual, and is present across the animal kingdom.
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debaserab2 10y ago

> Basic morality has already been ingrained in us through evolution and is quite adequate by itself. How exactly did you arrive at that conclusion?

bholzer 10y ago
Babies of humans and other species have been shown to have a sense of morality that is not learned. https://campuspress.yale.edu/karenwynn/files/2015/10/WynnInnatenessChapter2007-28xeyit.pdf https://campuspress.yale.edu/karenwynn/files/2015/10/WynnInn...
sebringj 10y ago
@bholzer put it nicely. Google "chimps and bonobos demonstrate morality". Cooperation increased survivability and that generally has affected our acceptance of what is intrinsic to what feels right. Later religion slapped on meaning to it via super natural explanation which was the best bullshit they could come up with at the time. I get up voted on PC answers by the way but I should have cited some examples.
- debaserab2 10y ago
  Seeing a chimp and bonobo demonstrate morality doesn't exactly assure me that a born sense of morality is "adequate enough by itself". Pretty sure there is a zoo in Cincinnati that agrees with me on that one.
  - sebringj 10y ago
    Prison isn't known for bringing out the best in humans either.
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gnaritas 10y ago
> How exactly did you arrive at that conclusion? You're here aren't you? Had it not been sufficient, the human animal wouldn't have survived for 200k years. Morality is innate, instinctual, and is present across the animal kingdom.
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