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Re: Are humans animals? Are humans MORE than animals?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 5 Aug 2000 11:05:05 GMT
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Christopher Weeks wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Eaton writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
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> > Maybe I missed it, but what's free will? That's never made sense to me. I
> > don't really believe in what I think it is.
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> I think it the freedom to exert some control over how you biochemically react
> to stimuli. The opposite is to assume we're part of a complex chemical
> reaction racing forward into the future and what we do, as a product of that
> reaction, doesn't matter since it is inevitable. All my logic suggests the
> latter is true, that is that we have no free will and that it's all a farce,
> but I see no benefit in accepting that.
Taking this tack, why the heck would it matter if you ate meat or not, and why
would eating meat be evil, if nothing we do matters to the total reaction?
> But the nature of morality is the central issue in some ways. One thing that
> is uncomfortable for many people is the idea that morality is just a feeling
> and thus is different from person to person.
It is, though "generally", there are some "universal" morals that "most" humans
tend to agree on.
> I think that many people would
> say that the actualization of (im)moral behavior varies from person to person,
> but that morality is immutable.
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> Personally, I waver. I feel and think different things. I feel very moral --
> as mentioned previously I enjoy taking the moral high ground -- but I also
> think that morals are just made up ideas (like the ten commandments) to keep
> society in line and productive.
Wow, something we CAN agree on!
--
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