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i feel that people develop a concept of morality and an ethical compass because they are taught through observation and though direct exposure that others will respond similarly to certain behaviors as they do and that if they don’t want something to happen to them then they should avoid doing that hurtfull thing to others because that other person will also respond with hurt and may backlash and so, they risk a punishment. people internalize certain abusing behaviors as wrong and don’t let themselves do these things because not doing them can give them a sense of reward about themselves through knowing they are more safe with a moral compass then they would be without one and risking punishment. a moral compass is an evolutionary capability that has evolved in homosapien. if a ethically minded person saw another person get away with imoral behavior then they may abandon some of their morals to free their own behavior to perform the previously self-forbidden behavior in pursuit of the same rewards that the person they observed received. it may be hard for them to do this though because that would create cognitive dissonance with respect to that persons entire set of morals–this can become especially frustrating for a person to see a unsrupulous person get ahead because they know they could get away with it (and with a reward at that) but dont want to loose their rewarding morals. a persons conscience is there defense mechanism against behaviors that will lead to their failure today (jail perhaps) or their death thousands of years ago. ethical conception is a cerebral abstraction that is there to protect the subject with the conscience. i the end though, win is win and loose is loose. there are plenty of loosers with shitty lives that have a strong and complex code of ethics while there are plenty of winners that don’t. win is win and loose is loose in the end.
I think morality is something humans developed to allow them to live in groups – the morality of social groups differs but not observing the rules for the group to which you wish to belong will lead to negative responses and/or exclusion from the group. Its a form of accepted social control to allow effective cohabitation in groups.
your very right–interesting insight dancy crazy guy
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There’s more, do good and good will follow. Have you ever noticed you stand straighter when your doing something right and people respond to the glint in your eye, even if you have fucked them off. I worked for gangsters for awhile, their fearful and miserable, just keep away from them, morality like religion is a product of society and has no real meaning. Just be good and good will follow
Here’s one, i ennoy a hardcore, and im walking home, its pouring rain, a black woman ahead of me has her hands full with shopping, her child is crying with its hands out, shes saying come on, he not moving, as i go past i look down and back at him and smile, and she goes ‘oh come on’ and goes back and picks him up. I walk along and this guy pulls across the road, says ‘do you know where ??? is’, his foot is on the road and he’s reaching for ether a blade or a spray, not a piece, you could tell by the way he put his hand around it, you couldnt see his hand but you could tell, Right then the woman who now has her son and two bags of shopping in her arms but is happy, says ‘ye its….’, we both look at her and she cops theres something, i walk on and she keeps giving what she knows to be meaningless directions. Strange how the little things we do can change our lives so dramaticly dont you think?
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