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Exploring Morality

Hello, Kevin.

I agree that moral principles are linked to strong feelings of empathy, but I would argue that empathy is learned, not innate.

» Posted By Beachchick On March 4, 2011 @ 10:26 pm

You did Adonai, towards the end of your post, which is thorough and really well done, btw.

» Posted By Beachchick On March 4, 2011 @ 10:16 pm

Hello, KQ

Thanks for the welcome.

Oh, I don’t think morality is pure reason, but I do think moral reasoning is cognitive. How we think is determined by the learning history our environment provides. The learning process within an environment determines how we regulate our feelings, actions, and thoughts to exercise control of our life.

Higher levels of moral reasoning are an important part of moral behavior, but I agree with you, morality isn’t defined by behavior. It is the thoughts behind the behavior – the motive that determines the morality of an act.

» Posted By Beachchick On March 4, 2011 @ 10:05 pm

Hello, Adonai

You may already be familiar with Kohlberg’s stages of moral development. If not, it is an important theory in moral reasoning.

» Posted By Beachchick On March 4, 2011 @ 2:24 pm

Hello Gang!

I am just going to close my eyes and take the posting plunge.

This is an interesting topic. I do think morality has evolved with our evolved ability to reason. Morality is cognitive and a result of the relationship between our ability to reason and society’s rules, or the relationship between reason and socialization. In other words, I think we are taught to use independent moral reasoning or taught to obey without reason.

The United States was founded on ideas that marked a radical shift in moral thought.

“A rational being belongs to the kingdom of ends as a member when he legislates in it universal laws while also being himself subject to these laws,” is an idea expressed by Emmanuel Kant. He believed people belong to the universe “as sovereign, when as legislator he is himself subject to the will of no other.”

Kant advanced the idea of morality as pure reason and that individuals and society must have a relationship of consent. He held that universal laws (morals) were an end in themselves, that some things have intrinsic value. It is what John Lock called unalienable Rights.

Kant considered motive the most important determinate for evaluating the morality of a person’s actions. Motive is also an idea important in law and the justification for civil disobedience.

» Posted By Beachchick On March 4, 2011 @ 1:48 pm

Corporations Are People Too! by Dr. Suits

This is creative and clever. I am impressed, Adlib!

Outstanding

» Posted By Beachchick On January 22, 2010 @ 5:30 pm

Rashomon: Twelve views of President Obama’s visit to Capitol Hill

I absolutley love this. Thank you.

» Posted By Beachchick On December 6, 2009 @ 11:32 pm

Good evening, all.

Welcome, moongal6.

» Posted By Beachchick On December 6, 2009 @ 11:43 pm

The Chat Continues…

Thanks, KQ

I am off to kick some tires.

» Posted By Beachchick On December 4, 2009 @ 9:43 pm

Hi, escrib –

I hope there is another one soon.

» Posted By Beachchick On December 4, 2009 @ 9:42 pm

Hey guys,

It looks like I missed the chat — bummer.

Unfortunately, I didn’t have an opportunity to log on for quality internet time until now.

I am going to brows, read and try to catch up.

» Posted By Beachchick On December 4, 2009 @ 9:38 pm

It’s time for Liberals and Democrats to join the Teabaggers

Thank you. They are thugs.

» Posted By Beachchick On December 4, 2009 @ 10:04 pm

There is light at the end of the Jihad tunnel

Ha! Yeah, the media are squeezing this story in between the hour long expose about progressive taxes leading to Marxism and Tiger Woods’ attraction to cocktail waitresses.

» Posted By Beachchick On December 4, 2009 @ 10:18 pm

Glenn Beck’s Xmas Movie Bombs

Gawd, I loath Glenn Beck. The phony populist charged twenty bucks to see his lobbytainment unlike Micheal Moore who offered free admission to those who couldn’t pay.

The Right is desperate to mimic Moore’s success, but what the Right doesn’t understand is that authenticity matters.

» Posted By Beachchick On December 4, 2009 @ 9:55 pm

Music the Heartbeat of Films

Okay — thanks, KQ

» Posted By Beachchick On December 6, 2009 @ 11:54 pm

One my favorite movie soundtracks.

Boogie Nights

Okay, I am still trying to figure out how to embed the video.

I’ll be back.

» Posted By Beachchick On December 5, 2009 @ 12:01 am

» Posted By Beachchick On December 4, 2009 @ 11:29 pm

Destroying Religion: The Essential Task at Hand?

I steer clear of the atheist v theist debates. Theism can’t be argued rationally. The atheist will win every time.

With that said, strong atheists can be as dogmatic and hostile as fundamentalists. Frankly, I understand the hostility; fundamentalists have turned me off all religion, but I think it is important to remember that not every theist is a cruel bigoted freak.

» Posted By Beachchick On December 4, 2009 @ 10:47 pm

Weekly Seminar: What number of parties leads to the most progressive politics?

I don’t think the number of political parties influences society. I think society influences political parties.

» Posted By Beachchick On November 16, 2009 @ 10:17 pm

I am going to go out on a limb and assert that the structure of the U.S. government and a two party system is the most stable. Americans –indeed the world –have become so accustomed to a stable U.S. government that it is taken for granted.

Think about the history of the U.S. government. It has been remarkably stable and functioned well until recently. The fact that the U.S. government managed to survive the Civil War and the attempt to dismantle it by the Bush administration speaks to the strength of its design. The fundamentals of the economy are not strong but the fundamentals of the U.S. government are.

I don

» Posted By Beachchick On November 16, 2009 @ 9:59 pm

SHANNYN MOORE: Palin’s Oily Lies Drip from the Pages of Going Rogue…

I agree, KQ. There is no way the GOP will nominate Palin. This is all politicking to appeal to the wingnut base. The GOP will probably bribe Palin with a lucrative bully pulpit that will keep her voters amped and get her out of the way at the same time.

» Posted By Beachchick On November 16, 2009 @ 1:13 pm

Personal responsibility: The moral argument against compassion

Thanks you guys.

It is great to be here. Thank you for inviting me over. Keven, you know I am your number one fan.

This site is a wonderful idea. The HP is not designed for meaningful debate or discussion. The fact that I can actually use words like sick and atrocity without being censored is liberating.

Let me just say for the record that I fucking loath the GOP.

You guys rock!

» Posted By Beachchick On November 16, 2009 @ 1:29 pm

Great post —

Deeply ingrained in American culture is an antiauthoritarian streak. Americans want to control their own destiny and place value in self reliance and achievement gained through hard work. Intrinsic to the value of hard work and self reliance is the reward of financial success and upward mobility. One might be born poor, but, in America, achievement is based on merit, if a person works hard success will follow. This is the American promise.

The problem is: the American promise is no longer real; hard work is no longer justly rewarded.

Personal responsibility has become an empty slogan used to blame the victims of a corrupt and predatory economic system.

Sloganeering is a marketing technique skillfully used by a corporate power structure to peddle myths to a desperate public eager to make sense of an economic reality that contradicts the long held and valued American promise.

» Posted By Beachchick On November 15, 2009 @ 10:03 pm