2007-05-02 10:50:15 · 19 answers · asked by G's Random Thoughts 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Most certainly not! "Natural" behavior is driven by our evolved instincts. Individual "moral" behavior arises from a social contract we each have with the civilization we occupy. Basically, "I am not a thief because I do not wish to live among thieves." This civilizing social contract over-rides my natural instinct to steal your food. Roughly.....
2007-05-02 11:02:19 · answer #1 · answered by Diogenes 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some natural attributes and behaviours are not moral issues at all but merely normal human variation, eye colour, IQ, height, sexual orientation as just some examples... none of these things natural to humans are moral issues.
One man's morality if forced upon another usually becomes oppression.
2007-05-02 18:07:38 · answer #2 · answered by CHEESUS GROYST 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No - If this were the case we would be saying that morality is defined by humanity. Morality goes far beyond our own humanity.
2007-05-02 17:54:35 · answer #3 · answered by Missionary Kid 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Murder is natural to man and chimp,yet few would attach any morality to it. Prostitution is more obviously a social taboo, although it is natural. "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so". W Shakespeare.
2007-05-02 18:07:16 · answer #4 · answered by ED SNOW 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The natural man seeks after his desires, which can run amuck into immorality. It's the spiritual man that brings morality into play.
2007-05-02 17:57:59 · answer #5 · answered by Joyful Noise 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pretty much. There is some civil interest that needs to be taken into account. But for the vast majority of things it does.
2007-05-02 17:55:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nature vs. Nurture...Chicken before the egg or the egg before the chicken?????
Do you have moral standards, could they be natural???
I leave to you.
2007-05-02 17:54:28 · answer #7 · answered by yayyo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be like saying a Man that has sex with little children and sees nothing wrong with it Ok .But he thinks its natural So maybe we should allow it ?
2007-05-02 17:57:27 · answer #8 · answered by Terry S 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no. one could argue murder as natural to humans, as we are a warring species that instinctively fights for dominance.
2007-05-02 17:55:35 · answer #9 · answered by Hey, Ray 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Morality is assigned by civilization, not by the individual.
2007-05-02 17:53:18 · answer #10 · answered by Big Super 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋