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First of all, let me say it's a subject I really like discussing... LoL
Now, I must say I'm perplexed by how most people here seem to be unable to dissociate morality and religion... Not that it's not a good thing to have a strong moral sense based on religion. It's just strange that most people seem unable to actually establish a difference between them... As if it there wasn't possible to have any kind of morality without religion... Do you know what I mean?
OK, the way I see it... Every human being is moral, in the sense that everyone approves of some things and disapproves of others... And I believe that it's something felt rather than... Hmmmm... Calculated. Still, what one will or won't approve is determined primarily by education, including there life in society... In my humble opinion, morality is born with sociability AND is essential to the maintenance of society... And THAT makes pretty easy to see why EVERY society has some kinda code of morals... LoL...
Guess I should add something... Hope I didn't make anyone think that I believe that morality has a... Well, lesser degree, just because it's a social construction... The way I see it, it's the cornerstone of society... And... Well, guess I don't have to spend much time convincing you guys of how civil life is probably more satisfying than going to the jungle and spending the rest of one's days in isolation, right?
Now, to finish what I wanted to say... It's common for some people to see morality as something really oppressive... Guess we should be careful not to mistake morality for the heinous concepts conservative people all over the world try to make us swallow in the name of it... *sigh*
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