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1/6/2020 6:08:02 PM
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[quote]If we evolved from some type of ape, how come we have have moral values? There is no reason for us to care about anyone else besides ourselfs. Yet we care about others and we want people to feel good emotionally and physically.
I’m curious on everyone’s thoughts on this.[/quote]
[I believe it is because of the ability to feel emotion, more specifically to feel emotion on a higher level than most animals. Our deeper levels of feeling emotions like love, hate, disgust, and joy allow us at least a basic sense of right and wrong. This basic sense of right and wrong forms our values based on how we react when thing happens to us, which then forms into our moral compass. Granted the forming of those values can be influenced by the values of those in the region you grow up in, how you were treated growing up, and the values any organizations you were a part of (be it by choice or not). Does my answer adequately satisfy your inquiry?]
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It does. But I have a follow up question with yours. Where do these stronger emotions come from?
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[quote]It does. But I have a follow up question with yours. Where do these stronger emotions come from?[/quote] [thank you for bringing this up, it was something I didn’t necessarily make 100% clear my belief on. What I mean by that is that we may not necessarily have a stronger feeling of these emotions, but more awareness and comprehension of them. For comparison, while most humans generally consider love and lust different emotions with different implications, a bear or pig will see them as one emotion with an extremely basic reasoning behind it. Does that clarify things for you?]
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It does. I believe that something divine allowed us to make out the difference between those two. (I also believe love is a feeling [i]and[/i] and action, but that’s a different subject entirely.) Im assuming you probably believe it’s the development of our brain from evolving. Or am I wrong about that?
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[I do believe it is partially that, but I also believe part of it is that we somehow developed a psychological need to interact positively with people, not directly by evolution but as a byproduct of it. One could call it an evolutionary dead-end, such as the human tailbone.]
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Fair enough. Thank you for your explanations and discussion.
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[of course, its always great to talk something out with someone who’s level-headed.]
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I would have to agree.
