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Empathy is the genesis of morality.

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I was introduced to this website by my AP English teacher, and I've been hooked ever since. A website for intelligent and creative minds to gather and converse about everything seems like just the right place for me to dive in whenever I'm feeling philosophical.

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• A reply on Conversation: The Genesis of Morality

  May 31 2012: You make a very interesting point there. Thanks for all your contributions, Edward.

• A reply on Conversation: The Genesis of Morality

  May 31 2012: You seem a little tense. Why so serious? It's just a friendly conversation after all

• A reply on Conversation: The Genesis of Morality

  May 31 2012: The whole point of the conversation was about finding the universal root to morality if there is one. I'm not necessarily ruling out religion per se, but then again not everyone agrees upon the same religion.

• A reply on Conversation: The Genesis of Morality

  May 30 2012: By no means did I say you can't count your faith as a basis, I'm religious myself, but what I wanted to find was a basis that everyone could ascribe to. Not everyone is religious. Are non-religious people automatically immoral?

• A reply on Conversation: The Genesis of Morality

  May 14 2012: This is beginning to stray away from the topic at hand. I don't want this to turn into a religious debate. I kindly ask that we keep the conversation on topic before things get out of hand.

• A reply on Conversation: Do you think feminism is becoming a sexist anti-men movement?

  May 11 2012: In response to Matthieu, Gloria Allred and Mary Shelley are the first to come to mind.

• A reply on Conversation: The Genesis of Morality

  May 11 2012: While I admire your devotion to your religion, Peter, this doesn't apply to the conversation. If you read, I specifically stated, "Is there a true base for morality that isn't tied to religion, politics, or society? Can you find a universal root that can be ascribed to from all walks of life?" Not everyone is religious. You can't tell an Athiest that the basis of morality is God's teaching.

• A reply on Conversation: The Genesis of Morality

  May 9 2012: By no means is empathy a panacea. Empathy in and of itself isn't compassionate it, it isn't nice or good. It may lead to these traits in making decisions, but empathy alone is simply a "mechanism" that gets the ball rolling for a morally sound behavior (most of the time at least).
  
  Where did the notion of stealing originate from? And why does the exceptions come into play when is comes to starving children?

• A reply on Conversation: Is there room for God in science (Creationlism vs Evolution)?

  May 9 2012: Thanks for taking the time to explain your point.
  
  My only response is that a majority of people look through a cloudy lens when generalizing a religion. The only time religion is noticed by the media is whenever there's a small radical group or something that puts it in a bad light. People only pay attention to religion when it makes said religion look bad. For Christianity, people see Westboro Baptist Church and assume that they represent the majority of Christians. For the longest time after 9/11, there was a collective mentality that all Muslims were terrorists. And so on and so forth.

• A reply on Conversation: Do you think feminism is becoming a sexist anti-men movement?

  May 9 2012: Have there been any notable male feminists?