Sure. I just question that its religion itself which does this. It seems unlikely ppl need to believe things that aren't true to thrive. https://twitter.com/clayroutledge/status/888978527537836032 …
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Possible evolution has constructed our brains such that we actually do feel more comfortable believing some things which aren't true.
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Replying to @christianjbdev
Of course we do. That's why we're so prone to doing it.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @christianjbdev
We need to psychologically manage our fear of death and powerlessness and the fact that there is no external moral code.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @christianjbdev
It is certainly not a fact that there is no external moral code.
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Replying to @llewelyn_morgan @christianjbdev
A moral code that exists outside humanity but is objectively moral for humans? Spose there could be but we don't know of it.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @christianjbdev
Originates outside me, & is thus independent of my whim. Aristotle located its origin in those things a human needs to thrive. E.g. sleep...
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Replying to @llewelyn_morgan @christianjbdev
So it is still human. Based on human needs and human moral emotions. Its not objectively moral. Just in relation to humans.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @christianjbdev
Dunno what a moral emotion is. It's based on the fact I'm a politikon zoon, a social animal, who lives life best when fair, brave, kind.
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Yes, that. Fairness. justice, reciprocity, empathy, compassion etc.
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