Comments on: Mommy, Where do Morals Come From? http://politicalcartel.org/2007/10/29/mommy-where-do-morals-come-from/ Intellectual blogging since 2007 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:53:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: S.C. Denney http://politicalcartel.org/2007/10/29/mommy-where-do-morals-come-from/#comment-1326 S.C. Denney Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:39:00 +0000 http://politicalcartel.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/mommy-where-do-morals-come-from/#comment-1326 The ability of knowledge to reproduce in the mind what beings are in reality is called truth. Or perception is reality. And the fact of the matter is that perception changes over time. Perception shapes what we think is right or wrong. The ability of knowledge to reproduce in the mind what beings are in reality is called truth. Or perception is reality. And the fact of the matter is that perception changes over time. Perception shapes what we think is right or wrong.

]]> By: David M Manes http://politicalcartel.org/2007/10/29/mommy-where-do-morals-come-from/#comment-1324 David M Manes Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:56:00 +0000 http://politicalcartel.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/mommy-where-do-morals-come-from/#comment-1324 "Society shapes all of our morals, whether we want to acknowledge it or not."<br/><br/>I think that is critical. Some people really do refuse to acknowledge that and they think they can truly transend their own circumstances to completely understand some higher plane of morality. That may be what we are all reaching for, but it appears foolish and arrogant for a person to claim to have reached the top of Truth Mountain. “Society shapes all of our morals, whether we want to acknowledge it or not.”

I think that is critical. Some people really do refuse to acknowledge that and they think they can truly transend their own circumstances to completely understand some higher plane of morality. That may be what we are all reaching for, but it appears foolish and arrogant for a person to claim to have reached the top of Truth Mountain.

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