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To: Dayuhan who wrote (1361)9/8/1999 11:51:00 PM
From: Tom Clarke  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 6418
 
We have strayed a bit from the original point, which was, what motivates a person to act virtuously? If a person knows that his world is bigger than just the sensations he experiences, he is more inclined to act in virtuous manner. If a person believes he is an amorphous collection of cells that has no soul, he is more inclined to behave ruthlessly.



To: Dayuhan who wrote (1361)9/9/1999 12:13:00 AM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 6418
 
The basic rules of human social conduct antedate all known religions,

Your basis for this is what? I would submit the possibility that religion and basic rules of human social conduct developed simultaneously. Indeed, I think religions developed to give legitimacy to rules of social conduct in societies which didn't have developed legal systems.


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