by nvrgnbk 44 Replies latest jw friends
I think our human nature has developed over time through our interaction with one another and with our environment. And language is a product of that which in turn lead to the formation of society and culture
On an indiviual basis a newborn learns about society and right and wrong through communication and interaction with family becoming a member of society and absorbing culture and religion at the same time. Just guessing
edited to add: i think my answer is off point.
I go with B
'Moral' behaviour is only so because it has been defined so at some point by someone/thing. The same for 'amoral' behaviour.
Another question, to illustrate the above.
Why do some parents abuse and neglect their offspring, while others adopt and raise, with great love and sacrifice, children who are not biologically their own?
that's a huge question, nvr, and the answer to it is what psychiatrists get paid the big bucks to find out...
I'm leaning towards A myself.
Look at young children. We are a mixed bag. Many children will share and try to make
someone else feel good, will sacrifice for another.
Many will only demand their own needs or be selfish until taught otherwise.
IMO- For the most part, we have a decent set of morals which tells us not to kill or seriously
harm others, and our social/religious culture supplies the rest of our morals as we grow.
We would develop some other morals without the culture we live in, but we would adapt to
whatever culture we are in and develop their morals.
Primairilly, we are products of our invironment. We come out the box, leaning to the left, as we are "Only Human", add to that our upbringing or influences thru education, the media, childhood developement, as well as the launch pad that we had as parents, thier physical soundness, or not, the history of our genes, DNA, and other such things and you have really good recipe for some remarkably spectacular things to occur in one's life.....or some pre-calculated natural disasters.
Why do some parents abuse and neglect their offspring, while others adopt and raise, with great love and sacrifice, children who are not biologically their own?
Because we are animals in a desperate escape plan to evade and avoid GOD!!! As well as many of these children are a nuisance as they were the result of poor parental planning. There often was no plan, they just happened as a result of our unwillingness to curb our animalistic fleshly impulses.
As well as condoms or other protections.
"Damn, I'm pregnant, again?" / " I'm not gonna' take care of it, better get rid of it"....
as if the child was a tumor or something and not a human being, deserving the better than basics of healthy, loving human care and concern.
Then there are those who want to be parents, yet can not, and choose to adopt, to remove the want from society, those who would have been better putting thier children up for adoption. These recognise the need to try and save the children who were basically unwanted at the begining.
"Climbing down from my soapbox"
nvr
Why do some parents abuse and neglect their offspring, while others adopt and raise, with great love and sacrifice, children who are not biologically their own?
I've often pondered this question.
I think that we all have it in us to neglect and abuse and to show great love and sacrifice. What we choose to do is modified by our upbinging, our circumstances, by what is expected of us, our mental and emotional make up etc. Society can play a part in the support and education it offers. But I think generally human nature is more inclined towards forming caring relationships.
So we altruistically love our children because we were taught to?
What of loving parents raised by, for lack of a better term, "monsters"?
They love because someone told them to love?
