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Quote by: SoylentGreen  Morality can be based on reason as well as a myth |
To answer Tiny Bear's question, not knowing if SoylentGreen and I agree or not....
Religion is morality based on myth, coming from earlier concepts of gods and morality. These require a belief that can not be confirmed with empirical information.
However, morale stories such as "The Little Red", "The Fox and the Grapes" and "The Little Engine that Could", are moral stories of cause and effect. We would read these stories to children and then ask, "What is the moral of that story"? The answer would be the reasoning of cause and effect. Such as no would help the Little Red Hen make her bread, so she didn't share it. The fox gave up on getting the grapes, and walked away mumbling they were probably sour any way, and the moral is, giving up isn't a good way to get what we want. However, the Little Engine that Could, didn't give up and made it over the hill, and was so proud himself. We have high self esteem when we don't give up and achieve our goal.
Or we might reason, having a baby without a husband to support the mother and child, means having a hard time surviving with a child, so it is best to void the sex than may result in a child, until marriage. This is also a good way to avoid sexually transmitted diseases, and emotional and psychological injury. Waiting for the right partner and then having only this one partner has benefits. This is just the reasoning for what we might call moral behavior. But for those who read about "Bonobo Sex and Society" there are also good reasons for being sexual. It is better to be a highly sexual Bonobo, than a less sexual, but more competitive, chimpanzee.