MarkkyStorm said:
None of this are selfconsious. If you were raised by monkeys in the middle of the jungle, you probably wouldn't understand why you shouldn't kill everybody that treats you bad. All moral things that seem so "selfconsious" came from somewhere. Most of it from religion and philosophy. |
Most (social) animals don't kill their own species though it's something that's biologically explainable and kind of counterproductive for the survival of your species. Stealing is also something that in general gets punished (not by death though) in the animal Kingdom. Try stealing a prey or mate from an alpha as animal. Most of the morals men have like do not kill your own kin are pretty much basic instincts. Now religion and philosophy did inspire some common morals but on the other hand also many to kill others though crusades, gladiators, jihad, persecution of gays. All something the church/mosque had and some countries still has a hand in.
Morals as accepting others, lgbt and foreigners are pretty much only the standard in countries where state and church are seperated. So that doesn't come from religion either. People seem to hate eachother and minorities even more in strict religious countries than anywhere else. Try build a church in Pakistan for example or be gay in a strict orthodox country like Russia. Basic morality isn't something that is only inspired by religion and philosophy, but also by individuals. Be it environment/climate activists, people like Martin Luther King, education and science and even major protests like the moral that man and woman are equal. Which is mainly a moral these days because woman stood up for themselves in the 19th and 20th century.
Please excuse my (probally) poor grammar
