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There are no absolutes at all, an absolute is a social construct of the purest kind, an abstraction of reality that helps our mind process the chaos of the universe well enough to turn it to our advantage, hope this helps OP.
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From the standpoint of political science you could argue that morality in a given society stems from that societies institutions and allows these instructions to operate and propagate efficiently. The institutions themselves arise by selective pressure in a given set of circumstances. The fact that marriage persists as an institution in incredibly secularised countries serves as an example to demonstrate that it is possible to uncouple a given institution from its justification in theory ("marriage is a holy Union approved by God") but still have that institution enforce morality that maintains itself.
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May 29, 2016 04:16
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Zaradis posted:This is a hell of an assumption. Show me the neurons for hope or love or hate. So is the alternative assumption here that brain and mental states are unrelated?
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May 29, 2016 04:49
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rudatron posted:The line of attack I used, that in searching for a truth 'out there' you'll only find what you want to find, is a fairly standard post-modernist tack against enlightenment values, or against anything with a meta-narrative. Obscurantism is good and cool.
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