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Originally posted by Aborted
I believe that the basic grasp of right and wrong is instilled in us in the same way as, say, the need to reproduce, and modern law enables us to develop this instinct into an acute understanding. Of course it's not quite as simple as that, as it's inevitable that there will be variation from extreme to extreme (pacifism to sadism, for example), but I doubt that if we all woke up one morning to find law no longer existed, the murder of as many people as possible would be the first thing on our agendas.
Religion is just an easy target in any argument.
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I am going to disagree with you on right and wrong being related to instinct. Just about every behavoir that is viewed as "wrong" in the modern world, has at some point been viewed as right by another culture at some point. Rape was considered an exeptible past time, and a weapon of war. Patricide has been a great and acceptible way to climb the soical ladder for may cultures. Right and wrong are not instinct, but simple functions of society. As such, killing is right if done in a way that society agrees with, like defense of self or a loved one. Or if they are a terrorist fucktard. Instinct does not right or wrong make.