Comments on: Overcoming Bias on Morality http://www.consideringtheuniverse.com/blog/overcoming-bias-on-morality/ ...and your place in it. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:49:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: emily http://www.consideringtheuniverse.com/blog/overcoming-bias-on-morality/#comment-688 emily Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:14:49 +0000 http://www.consideringtheuniverse.com/blog/?p=189#comment-688 Actually, that is a pretty good quote. Actually, that is a pretty good quote.

]]> By: Damian http://www.consideringtheuniverse.com/blog/overcoming-bias-on-morality/#comment-686 Damian Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:24:48 +0000 http://www.consideringtheuniverse.com/blog/?p=189#comment-686 Truth? Yes (but in the body, not the mind). Something? Perhaps. Morality? No. Not inherently. Sure, there may be principles regarding what's generally conducive to your own happiness and what generally isn't, but where is this thing called morality that people keep talking about? Even the most sophisticated philosophical arguments for morality are grounded in nothing. From where and how did these ideas about morality get in my head, why do I feel so strongly that they must be true even though they are grounded in nothing, and how can I get rid of the ideas about morality that restrict my life and cause me suffering? Those I find to be fruitful questions. I know you're not generally a fan of quotes, but I can't resist: From Hamlet: "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." Truth? Yes (but in the body, not the mind). Something? Perhaps. Morality? No. Not inherently. Sure, there may be principles regarding what’s generally conducive to your own happiness and what generally isn’t, but where is this thing called morality that people keep talking about? Even the most sophisticated philosophical arguments for morality are grounded in nothing. From where and how did these ideas about morality get in my head, why do I feel so strongly that they must be true even though they are grounded in nothing, and how can I get rid of the ideas about morality that restrict my life and cause me suffering? Those I find to be fruitful questions.

I know you’re not generally a fan of quotes, but I can’t resist:

From Hamlet: “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”

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