tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164603649660539619.post7823793260705076526..comments2023-12-15T03:43:21.347-05:00Comments on Somewhat Abnormal: Dumbfounded by MoralityRobert Oerterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09708981993708509662noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164603649660539619.post-66093124726023394342012-02-09T05:57:41.415-05:002012-02-09T05:57:41.415-05:00This is Haidt's early insights and I agree emp...This is Haidt's early insights and I agree emphatically!!<br /><br />I find the problem is that Atheists see this clearly in theists, but are blind to it in themselves. Using the the term "Humanist" as a rationalization of preferences is just such an example.Sabio Lantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12963476276106907984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164603649660539619.post-9855475904096892992012-02-08T11:01:49.010-05:002012-02-08T11:01:49.010-05:00I do believe that social conditioning plays a mass...I do believe that social conditioning plays a massive part in determining one's moral values. The reasoning goes: if everyone thinks an action is right, then it must be right. And I think we know pretty well that changing one's longheld beliefs, even in the face of reason is just damn hard.<br /><br />I disagree with his stance on what's moral and what's not though. He says that liberals ignore the pillars of "Hierarchy, Respect, and Duty", and <br />"Purity and Pollution". Err.... no, we do. At least I do. I just put the rights of the individual before the archaic "rules" of society - such as no gay marriage, forced veiling of Muslim women, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com