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To: js1138
actually I was talking more on the selectiveness of death,killing,removal from the survival and reproduction. like putting down a horse (any animal) that doesn’t preform upto expectations...and the “science/tist” that “studied” and categorized people as “life unworthy of life” or “morally unfit”. not “selective breeding.”

so the better question to you, is morality an inherited “trait” that is a result of
direction-less changes over time?
or is there and independent cause of morality out side of human programming codes?

I accept an objective external cause of morality independents of human programming.

thus I care to whom my children marry, based on integrity, humility,love and kindness not programmed traits.

if one makes no distinction, and morality is only a product of programmed traits (genetics) (that change over time) then a liar has no more “will” to control his deceit than some has the ability to “will” oneself tall (or short)
this is the premise for eugenics. viewing the TOTALITY of human as being nothing more than inherited traits, all behaviors included..eliminate the “undesirable” the “painful” and to usher in/create a “more” perfect world.

281 posted on 10/18/2007 7:00:51 PM PDT by flevit
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To: flevit

Morality is a result of the fact that actions have consequences. The consequences are independent of our preferences and are fairly stable over time.

Harming other people has adverse consequences for the person doing the harm as well as the person harmed. This fact is also fairly constant over time. This is a fairly subtle point that may not be learned except by parental teaching and example. That fact that some people don’t learn it does not mean it isn’t objectively true.

As for eugenics, it was first proposed in writing by Plato. I think you will find the equivalent of the Nazi program fully specified thousands of years before modern science.


282 posted on 10/18/2007 9:37:37 PM PDT by js1138
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