tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-457782610616273742.post1626976404859412856..comments2018-05-27T04:22:13.975-04:00Comments on Lady of Silences: Multi-culturalism and other thoughtsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-457782610616273742.post-30166762401964583412008-01-15T22:25:00.000-05:002008-01-15T22:25:00.000-05:00Someday I'll get back to this -- or not. I've rea...Someday I'll get back to this -- or not. I've read some stuff on altruism research before and it all the research and analysis strikes me all as being more speculation than observations of any clear links between neurological behaviors or patterns and the kind of moral reasoning posited. Nevertheless, I find the ideas interesting. I don't think any of it is so simple as bare instinct -- rather more like what someone (Chomsky?) said about a moral "grammar" one may be born with but which may be used quite differently or perhaps not at all depending on various factors. So, in that sense, nothing is fixed. Yet what the article I sited in the NY Times Magazine seemed to be saying is that once one develops that moral sense, it is pretty intense and functions if not like and on/off switch than at least something one either feels intensely or does not feel at all.<BR/><BR/>I've been reading and writing quite a bit at or around religious blogs for sometime now (and before that political, ADHD, and environmental issues -- way before that, health-food and EFA diets). I veer way too easily towards moral outrage -- always have -- and besides trying to control it (hard to do when dealing with religion, or at least the politics of religion), I'd like to understand it better. Where is the passion and commitment of faith without wanting to storm the barricades (or, God forbid, burn a few witches)? That's tongue-in-cheek, of course, but I don't seem to ever find the language or piety that I can put to good and consistent use, if that makes any sense.kladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09526715552795733402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-457782610616273742.post-69161274617385468532008-01-14T19:14:00.000-05:002008-01-14T19:14:00.000-05:00At 6:24 in the morning? At this point, I think I'm...At 6:24 in the morning? At this point, I think I'm representing the working class here. Obviously, I can't speak for anyone in Britain, but in the Midwest, we see the what goes on in Muslim countries. There is little publicity about the strength and splendor of various cultures involved. However, we hear about the murder of girls by their brothers and fathers for minor infractions. We hear about the genital mutilations and arranged marriages. Some of this is clearly a first-generation- immigrant problem. Neither Britain nor America wants to become Afghanistan. While I'm clearly out of my league, I don't know that I agree that there is a "moralization sense". There is some evidence for moral development in children, but clearly some people don't develop much, or as much, or in the same way. The need to "to recruit" may also be the need to control. There are very likely only 2 motivations for human behavior- (beyond basic physical needs). People act out of love or they act out of fear. Follow the guy who is truly loving.o-momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03630194671643453521noreply@blogger.com