On Apr 11, 2014, at 12:57 PM, raghu <[email protected]> wrote: > > So we are born with a tabula rasa as far as ethical norms are concerned, and > everything is socially determined? > > There is plenty of research that says you are dead wrong. See e.g.: > http://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/28/science/researchers-trace-empathy-s-roots-to-infancy.html > > -raghu. >
========== We are tabula rasa’s with regards to quantum electrodynamics; does it bother you that we collectively bootstrap our cognitive abilities to achieve that type of knowledge? Empathy is an emotion that can be expressed in a staggering variety of contexts. Attaching the label of ethical or moral to such an emotion does little to facilitate understanding of such behavior. It is only long historico-linguistic practices which we take for granted that leads many to believe morality is real in the same way that it is nothing more than historico-linguistic practices that lead people to believe in gods. E.
_______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
