Our Lives Matter S1E30:  The Pros and Cons of Rigid Morality

June 20, 2024 00:18:47
Our Lives Matter S1E30:  The Pros and Cons of Rigid Morality
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Our Lives Matter S1E30:  The Pros and Cons of Rigid Morality

Jun 20 2024 | 00:18:47

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Show Notes

People always use their abilities and ideas in their environments to decide what to do in life.  They think of more ideas in the process.  Those ideas build up to a  personal history and cultural background of ideas they use to interpret the world and keep making their decisions.   What do you think of other people’s worldviews?  How similar do they have to be to yours for you to feel they’re compatible?   That tells us something about cultural development already.  The more dangerous people’s living conditions are, the more their societies depend on morality to keep people working…

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