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If social evolution is true then moral codes have evolved because they serve a purpose.Big rob said that man is self-interested. Those who apply genetic evolution to human behavior like to point out that even altruism is the result of self-interest being selected in by the genes. All altruistic acts are really selfishness. Good samaritans are nice because they feel good about being nice. They do it so they can feel good. Which is still better than hurting people because one likes the way that makes one feel.Yes we need a moral code. Everyone has a built in moral code. The evolutionists say it is genetic the Christians say it is written on the heart.Then civiliization takes the moral codes that are inside of a million people and brings them all together to make one set of laws.Man is inherently evil, meaning that he cannot stop his evil nature from effecting his actions. He likewise has goodness in him and is effected by that, but when one compares man to the ideal, or the model of what he should be, he is so far from that, that it is more accurate to say he is inherently evil than to say that he is inherently good.Sociologically man gets somehat civilized by the code of morals so we need them. Theologically they never succeed in making any one of us good enough to be called good so we need far more than a code of morals. If you find what can make you good then you can discard the code of morals as obsolete. It is useful and needed up to that point but once one is weaned from mother's milk it is not needed.
If social evolution is true then moral codes have evolved because they serve a purpose.
Big rob said that man is self-interested. Those who apply genetic evolution to human behavior like to point out that even altruism is the result of self-interest being selected in by the genes. All altruistic acts are really selfishness. Good samaritans are nice because they feel good about being nice. They do it so they can feel good. Which is still better than hurting people because one likes the way that makes one feel.
Yes we need a moral code. Everyone has a built in moral code. The evolutionists say it is genetic the Christians say it is written on the heart.
Then civiliization takes the moral codes that are inside of a million people and brings them all together to make one set of laws.
Man is inherently evil, meaning that he cannot stop his evil nature from effecting his actions. He likewise has goodness in him and is effected by that, but when one compares man to the ideal, or the model of what he should be, he is so far from that, that it is more accurate to say he is inherently evil than to say that he is inherently good.
Sociologically man gets somehat civilized by the code of morals so we need them. Theologically they never succeed in making any one of us good enough to be called good so we need far more than a code of morals. If you find what can make you good then you can discard the code of morals as obsolete. It is useful and needed up to that point but once one is weaned from mother's milk it is not needed.
