Can intellectual decision making and measures be substituted by actions solely based on moral principals?

Answer 1

evolution leads us to intellectual decision making....with education and knowledge comes a lesser need for "blind faith in spiritual matters" to justiy and explain our existence here therefore a better ability to depend on fact-gathering and and intelligent decisions based upon outcome possibilities and measures.
In other words...ultra religious people who depend upon faith and morals ONLY to make their decisions are a lesser-evolved people...is that good or bad? history will tell us I suppose

Answer 2

Are the two not intertwined? How could you make an intellectual decision without weighing all the repercussions?
Personally in order to make the best decisions possible you have to rely on both...intelligence backed by moral principal...to me they are inseparable.

Answer 3

Yes.
Decisions made on the basis of what is the greatest good for
the various dynamics of life: Self, Family, ones Group, including race, and Mankind in general, will always be a better base and will automatically result in increased survival and align with all common sense based moral codes or principles.

Answer 4

Yes, they can. anything is possible. The only difficulty is working with people farly and honorably- based on moral principles. Where intellectual decisions weigh the pros and cons of screwing peopleout of their homes and making a buck.

But iti s possible.

Answer 5

greetings drux mals---how about a middle ground so as to avoid, as suggested by another answerer, "blind faith" as a measure of anything. intelligent inquiry always has a place, especially in tempering the "rule of law" when the outcome of following it would be unduly harsh under the facts. example-- under a law currently existing somewhere on the planet a married woman who has been raped must be beheaded for "committing adultery". obviously, a ludicrous result for anyone with a functioning brain. however, only intelligent, creative consideration would save her life. needless to say only the most unlettered, fearful, brainwashed and dim usually follow fundamentalist-no straying from the absolutist rules approach to life, eh? ( btw, if you're so inclined, google "benjamin rowe" for some interesting, unrelated----except to your "name"-- info.) ;-)

Answer 6

you won't be able to have one with out the different, are you able to? i think like they are enmeshed because as psychological as one may be, some judgements are in accordance to what's nice and what's incorrect. Making options in accordance to morality is both depending on wondering intellectually as well, i imagine. My celebration must be homicide. you could imagine intellectually it truly is positive for me to kill this human being for in spite of reason, yet then the morality of the issue kicks in and also you've reconsider your action. merely my humble opinion. What an exciting question, although.

Answer 7

I vote for an absolute YES..... if I followed all my intellectual decision making, I wouldn't be a very nice person.....promise you

Answer 8

no
the consequences of the decision are not foreseeable and only hind sight will enable each decision to be judged.
The only rule that seems to work the old saw, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you".

Answer 9

No, not only the intellectual

Answer 10

"Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself
is to help others." - Elbert Hubbard