First Things First…
January 21, 2008 5:15 pm
My favorite magazine doesn’t have any pictures, I must be grown up now.
…to advance a religiously informed public philosophy for the ordering of society.
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Moral Dilemma…
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There was a time when the discussion of morals and values was a very simple endeavor for me… went something like this…
Christians have morals because God gave them to us in the Bible, everyone else is lost without any moral direction until they realize their depravity and get a hold of a Bible and read it for moral instruction.
I still think this simplistic process has a certain amount of merit to it, but I now believe it is hardly the end (and for most, neither the beginning) of the discussion concerning the uniqueness of mankind’s moral dilemma. Reading through the thoughts of folks like Mr. Freud certainly bring the topic into a whole new world of debate and exploration.
I was recently referred to the following article by a friend of mine, whom had often engaged this discussion topic with me.
NYtimes Article, The Moral Instinct ( PDF version)
I was specifically interested in the moral dilemma questions this article posed from recent studies and surveys on the moral instinct. I will be coming back to this post over the next few days to formulate my answer with explanation to each situation.
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