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Originally Posted by Scythan
Morality does not physically exist. How can it be measured? It is about as real as the concept of peace. It is made up. It is a crutch to help us live together more easily.
We wouldn't do to well if we went around murdering eachother, so morality has evolved in us. It is nearly the same as pack mentality in dogs: dogs are easier to train than cats because they evolved to be in a pack, so they feel happy when they please a pack member. Cats are normally solitary creatures, which is why they seem aloof in comparison to dogs. Their behavior is dictated by their evolution. So is ours.
We have evolved from lower life forms, which did not know about morality. Why is it that you believe that we are any different from them, except for our more developed brains? Our brains did not give us any new senses, they have just allowed us to think differently. That in itself does not spawn another property of the universe. Morality is not real, except in our minds.
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You know... just cause a thing does not pysically exist does not mean it is not real. An adverb does not physically exist yet we have them. Love does not physically exist yet I feel it. Morality does not physically exist though it guides my actions. People put way to much thought into the mathematical proof concept for things that cannot be physically proven.
There is more to our universe than what is physical. The very fact that my thoughts are responding to yours is proof enough - or at least it ought to be.