In reply to: Can you explain the correlation b/w religion & human rights?  posted by golden child

• Depends, I think. - Austin316  2012-12-10 13:42:30
• Ding ding ding! * - BrianBoru  2012-12-10 13:33:04
• Don't you have some shit to fix? * - ndtim2005  2012-12-10 11:19:32
  • Now go disappear for a while - irish628  2012-12-10 11:51:23
• I'm not arguing that secular societies are better - golden child  2012-12-10 11:19:32
  • Well, yes, you were - Atticus  2012-12-10 11:19:32
    • Only pointing out the correlation - golden child  2012-12-10 11:19:32
      • Yes, I quite agree - Atticus  2012-12-10 11:19:32
        • I think one point of divergence is objectivity - golden child  2012-12-10 11:19:32
          • What role does genetics play in moral reasoning? - captaineclectic  2012-12-10 11:19:32
            • The nature side of nature/nurture - goldenchild  2012-12-10 11:19:32
              • Is that not more condtioning rather than genetics? - tag86  2012-12-10 11:19:32
                • I think it is a result of both - goldenchild  2012-12-10 11:33:40
            • Sounds like the basis for reasoning of racial supremacists. - vitadulcedospes  2012-12-10 11:19:32
              • Exactly, that kind of thinking is a dangerous road to go - tag86  2012-12-10 11:19:32
            • It's the source of it if you buy into sociobiology. * - DeBo  2012-12-10 11:19:32
              • Sure, in some attenuated sense. * - captaineclectic  2012-12-10 11:19:32
                • I'm not sure what you mean by attenuated. - DeBo  2012-12-10 11:19:32
                  • But genetics play no more of a role in moral thinking - captaineclectic  2012-12-10 11:19:32
                    • The important thing it tells you about human beings is - goldenchild  2012-12-10 11:19:32
                      • I see this part as a bit of a leap, though. - Manorcal  2012-12-10 12:35:04
                      • If there are no absolutes, then there is no such thing as - Howard Roark  2012-12-10 11:19:32
                        • I realize that. - goldenchild  2012-12-10 12:37:40
                          • No, you can't say that either. - Howard Roark  2012-12-10 13:32:25
                            • I don't think it has to be that extreme - goldenchild  2012-12-10 14:12:51
                    • Maybe we're talking past each other a bit. - DeBo  2012-12-10 11:19:32
                      • There has been an interesting study out of Yale about - HTownND  2012-12-10 11:19:32
                        • That's pretty interesting ... - DeBo  2012-12-10 11:19:32
                          • It definitely gives rise to more questions - HTownND  2012-12-10 11:28:01
          • Maybe yes, maybe no - Atticus  2012-12-10 11:19:32
  • "They come from within us." - Austin316  2012-12-10 11:19:32
    • I disagree, up to a point - Atticus  2012-12-10 11:19:32
      • I'm not sure the natural law is what was being envisaged. - Austin316  2012-12-10 11:19:32
• How sharper than a serpent's tooth! - Atticus  2012-12-10 11:19:32