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Originally posted by geep
I agree that morals are self serving to a point. The pattern seems to break down a bit when some things, such as sexuality, come into the picture. What would be self serving about about morals regarding bestiality? Morals do seem to provide a social blueprint for the advance of humanity as a whole (i.e. bestiality does nothing to continue the human race). I am not making a judgement of my own on bestiality, just using it as an example. Are morals learned?
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Well, I could be cynical and say that people don't want their dog to get nailed by some pervert, but let's address this honestly. In the case of something like beastiality, I would say that "morality" stems from a squeamishness towards something that is considered unhealthy or sociopathic. Lots of things do nothing to advance the human race, such as new brands of cola, yet there is no moral objection to them. I would think morals are rather to prevent the degredation of the human race (i.e., beastiality is a coupling with a lower species).
Morals are enforced by society, so in that regard, they are learned. I don't think human beings come out of the womb with any sense of right and wrong.