All creatures retain certain self-preservation instincts as part of their genetic profile. Empathy is one Human genetic trait that allows us to continue to exist, for without it, we would surely perish. It is a Darwinian instinct which Humans must possess in order to further our existence on this planet.[QUOTE="Robbler"][QUOTE="Elephant_Couple"]
Well obviously. Religion can't create any human tendencies, but God can if He does exist. God does is not the same as religion, since you brought it up. Also, your natural feeling of guilt or disgust...why would you have that if what you did was not something you shouldn't have done, and therefore wrong? Even if there exists no god, why is the human condition not enough to account for any natural concepualization of right and wrong?
Elephant_Couple
So if you don't possess empathy, how could you be a "monster," as you put it? Nothing is right or wrong. If your lack of empathy allows you to persist, wouldn't that actually be perfectly fine?
Humans are also endowed with the capacity of logic and reason. The end result is the application of logic and reason juxtaposed with Human emotion/Humanity. The idea is to base your ideology/feelings around your concern for Humanity and people, and not let it be biased by bogus notions of religion, duty to ignorant family, etc. People are always the main concern, and that includes you too, in an unbiased context. Only right-wing ideology is dog-eat-dog in nature. Only concepts of Capitalism connote screwing your fellow Human Being. Pragmatism does not denote hatred and insularity, it denotes a sense of cause and effect in practical Human terms, in the way we relate to one another, in the practical sense that we coexist.
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