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To: koan who wrote (65831)4/10/2018 10:44:10 AM
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TimF

  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 362054
 
"There was not a single society on earth prior to 1700 that had the advanced morality you see today."

How many of them had the internal combustion engines you see today? How many of them had electric washing machines? How many could afford to let 13 YO's be teenagers?

How many of these were replacing slaves when the Constitution was written?




To: koan who wrote (65831)4/10/2018 10:52:02 AM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 362054
 
Show me a society

Show me even a tiny bit of relevance to the question being discussed.

but I am talking about the evolution of morality

Moral/ethical ideas evolved long before any system of formal schooling.



To: koan who wrote (65831)4/10/2018 11:06:12 AM
From: Steve Lokness  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 362054
 
<<<<I am talking about the evolution of morality>>>>

Under the heading of morality - conservatives place abortion. so the idea of an "advanced" morality is a bit obscure. You're putting on a pedestal your morality. .............Native American morality placed high value on taking care of the land and animals - while many of their norms we found disgusting. How did educating them work out?