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Originally posted by ltl/fb
I think it is hardwired into us to a degree, not to do the things that are bad for society as a whole. And the ability to comprehend (or inability to completely ignore/forget) the whole kinda Kantian* "if everyone did it, my life would suck, so I shouldn't do it" thing is also hardwired in, to a degree. Why do pack animals cooperate?
*oooh, check it out, I put in a PHILOSOPHER name, I am soooo fucking cool
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Pack animals have been bred to cooperate. Although the mule clearly has not been perfected yet.
I just never have had anyone (including any of the so called famous philosophers) explain to me why someone should follow the golden rule or other commonly accepted moral rules absent a higher power (or absent a universal moral code). What rational should you give someone to convince them to help starving people in bangaladesh? It is in your self interest? Any attempt at proving that is a tortured rationalization. The only other thing to do is tell them "it is the right thing to do". But absent a universal code of ethics the term "right thing to do" is a meaningless term.
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