Originally Posted by
Odlov
This will be a somewhat poorly structured thread - but whatever. This is sort of a split from puppy-throwing marine thread.
I want you guys and girls to provide me some qualities which you think make us fundamentally different from dogs, monkeys, dolphins and the like. You can spare me the obvious answers like "more brain power".
I also want you to account for why humans allegedly have "morality" while animals such as monkeys just have "social or anti-social behavior".
For the second part:
I think "morality" is just a more extensive version of "social behavior".
"Morality" to me is a set of guidelines or social codes that people follow so that people act for the benefit of the whole group instead of just acting for the benefit of the individual, so that more of us can survive (or just so that the majority of peeps can be happy... I guess).
As for why we say morality instead of social behavior... Euphemism? We like to think we are superior to other creatures because we have more brain power? Ego etc... My brain hurts thinking about these things (x_x)
Last edited by scheczudio; Mar 18, 2010 at 11:07 AM.