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Originally Posted by Gordon Booth
Morality? It's an interesting concept but a very human one. Does it really exist?
Animals don't have morality-some have loyalty(to their group/herd etc.) but isn't that just because each individual knows it has a better chance of survival as part of a group? Buffaloes will herd together, horns down, to keep off the lions but once one of them is down the rest run off when they could easily overwhelm the lions.
Humans are only animals- a high form but still only animals with a herd instinct.
Isn't morality a concept we have but only for as long as we can afford it?
None of us on here are murderers but come the day that someone breaks in your home and starts to stab or attack your partner and children is there any one of us who wouldn't pick up that kitchen knife and push it in, hard? Are any of us 'moral' enough to just let it happen?
'Ah no' you say.'That's not murder,that would be immoral, it's self defence'. It's still taking a human life.Against all our human morals!
Most of us wouldn't dream of stealing but if your children were starving, really starving, and their only hope was for you to steal,lie, cheat to get food wouldn't you? Some even kill to get it.
Morality and employment? Morality and anything- only while we can afford it and it has always been a luxury some people can't afford. As long as the concept makes us feel more safe as individuals or a small group we'll indulge in it but come the crunch-!
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i agree, as i as always said, everyone has a sell out price, a point that we can justify our actions