10-29-2002, 10:27 AM
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Originally posted by Chewbacca:
So are we born with a conscience, or are we taught that some behaviors cause guilt and others joy? Nature or nuture, the age old debate.
Well, my belief is that we are born with a conscience, instinct will drive us to seek joy and bliss, but conditioning will lead us to guilt and shame. Just my belief.
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You might be interested in some of the psychological studies done a few deacades ago (would be illegal to do them now). They isolated children and raised them with no moral or behavioral guidence, from what I recall, there was no evidence of instinct nor moral compas inate to human children. The info is really hazy because I read about it years and years ago, but I seem to recall that some of the cildren turned very savage, and others ended up being near immobile and timid. All I remember clearly is how horrible I thought it was that they used human children in this research.
[ 10-29-2002, 10:29 AM: Message edited by: MagiK ]
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