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Originally Posted by aelle  No trait is inherently good or bad, they are only suited or unsuited to survival.
It does not. I realize it's a difficult shift of paradigm! We see individuals today who have a drive to reproduce and are efficient at surviving not because it matters, not because it is desirable, not because it was intended that way, but because all the individuals that did not have these characteristics died out. |
Well, that makes sense, but.......
If the universe is completely random, than when you boil it down, life is meaningless; if not even absurd.
What's the point of morality, love, honesty, or any other characteristics that we (most of us anyway) view as positive?? If all is random, then everything is relative, including things like truth and morality. Therefore, it's all completely pointless and meaningless; and it really doesn't matter if we kill one another 9which we do), or lie, cheat, steal, etc.
Why have we deemed these things as bad and why do we recognize and honor certain individuals as "good" or even "saints" and label others as "evil"?? What makes saints any better or more desirable than child molesters, rapists and murderers?? If morality is relative, then why do we spend so much time and energy enforcing a certain moral code??
We DO legislate morality despite the opinion of many that we don't, or that we can't. making murder illegal is legislating morality. we can't legislate moral behavior, but we can and do punish those who we catch doing what we have deemed "bad". If all is random, then we shouldn't even care one way or the other.
Again, I don't have the answers, but I sure hope that there is some point and some meaning to this whole experience of life.