2007-01-29 01:03:19 · 9 answers · asked by LadyB!™ 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
it is rather caught my dear. allowing children to see it and experience it makes them capable of acquiring and doing it in the future. this can also be taught by emphasizing whats good, acceptable and noble that one can do for most people.
2007-01-29 01:07:43 · answer #1 · answered by ARNIWAY 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I am not so sure I would call it divine intervention, but more religious training, or accepting the tenets embraced by the majority of religions. Most ethical dilemmas are addressed by our spiritual leaders, and even though one may not be a particularly religious person, the values espoused by these institutions have had a deep and lasting impact upon society. Therefore, children are taught from an early age the difference between right and wrong, according to the values the parents were raised with. All of these things were fine tuned over millenia as basic truths and required learning for people if they had a hope of getting along with their fellow humans.
As people age, they come to realize the wisdom inherent in these philosophies and change their behavior accordingly. It is interesting though, that the development of integrity and virtue is manifested faster in some than others. And some eschew it their whole lives in spite of the obvious benefits of embracing it.
2007-01-29 01:33:11 · answer #2 · answered by Slimsmom 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I would say that yes it does in a grand sense require divine intervention. It is certainly true that we are taught virtue by those we respect. However, in order to respect somebody we need to recognize that in the ultimate scheme of things they are closer to an ideal understanding (God's) than ours.
What's more, we do have an inherent understanding of what is right and wrong. It's true, many people suppress it. We can do right things just because they are right, but nobody does bad things just because they are bad. This inherent understanding has to come from somewhere - and since it's more or less universal, it must come from God.
2007-01-29 02:13:59 · answer #3 · answered by Gary B 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Oh, you didn't hear? God is dead. We're all on our own now. Virtue, like any other attributes to humans, are solely learned behavior, be is conscious or unconscious. We know right from wrong because we are told right from wrong. Divine intervention has nothing to do with life anymore; the divine have all given up on us. Don't go around throwing Bibles at babies; preach what you know, not what you don't because what we don't know can make an ocean of questions. Never ask the divine for help, because it's like asking your dog to give you a foot rub. It just doesn't work out for anybody and nothing gets accomplished.
2007-01-29 01:34:14 · answer #4 · answered by johnmfsample 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Can be both but more likely to require divine intervention.
2007-02-01 15:23:38 · answer #5 · answered by oscar c 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everything is re-learned from our previous experiences in past lives so no "intervention" is needed any more. I don't know if virtue was acquired thru divine intervention or just realized over time. No way to prove it either way
2007-01-29 01:11:57 · answer #6 · answered by BANANA 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
100% DIVINE intervention and I strongly believe from life situations and the wide readings of spiritual books written by great souls in India.
2007-01-29 01:16:06 · answer #7 · answered by Marks 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
to possess virtue one must be a certain sort of person, with a certain complex mind set . we don't get that from outside sources we are given it at our conception from god as he nits together each person in the womb.
2007-01-29 02:05:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Can be taught, of course.
2007-01-29 01:25:17 · answer #9 · answered by Bojana 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋