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> Many people are actually vehemently against this reality. They wish to think of morality is a higher plane of thinking with internal logical consistency. They
by jddj 3y ago
> Many people are actually vehemently against this reality. They wish to think of morality is a higher plane of thinking with internal logical consistency. They are wrong. Morality is an arbitrary set of inconsistent rules that directs human behavior for the sole purpose of survival. All else is illusion.
I agree, but the number and calibre of modern thinkers who have objective moralism leanings is interesting.
I suspect that it's because if you give up objective moralism you also risk giving up some amount of power/influence/purpose.
- corethree 3y agoUnlike other instincts like hunger and pain, the moral instincts is tightly integrated with our conscious decision making process as well. So it's harder for humans to see it as distinctly as hunger or pain. Hunger and pain manifests itself as urges separate from the concept of "me". But morality and "me" feels to be one and the same so it's harder for people to believe that it's just something akin to your hunger instinct. Examining the moral conflict helps segregate the concept of morality as separate as we are able to then identify the logical inconsistencies within our own moral framework.