A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
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I've heard this bullshit so many times...
What we call "morality" is simply put to words those behaviours that has made us a successful species. We are a communal species, one of our greatest strengths being the delegation and specialisation of tasks; all working together. Everything we've built, everything we've achieved, can be attributed to that feature of our species.
Now, imagine how far we'd get if every individual in our species acted "amorally".
Morality is a product of evolution.
Morality is a product of evolution.
Yes, and spirituality is the point between "premoral behavior" in animals, and "morality" as a unified idea in us as I have argued.
Incorrect
I am open to hearing your point of view, and answering questions about mine.
"'Without religion, how would you stop yourself from raping and killing all you want?' I already do all the raping and killing I want. That number is ZERO because I don't want to rape or kill!" - Penn Gillette.
I also disagree. All you need is to say "I don't want/like that" and to understand that something could be lost or suffered to yourself or others, given a particular scenario. That can then be used to create a system of morality where the majority are in agreement with each aspect.
Oh and empathy. That's pretty critical!
I'd say that spirituality and religion is then formed off the back of and alongside general or universal moral beliefs and that many aspects cannot exist without morals in the first place.
People who are only moral because they fear going to hell scare the piss out of me.
I would argue that morality came before religion or spirituality, and therefore does not require either of them to exist.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morality
Here you go. Or if you prefer more specific:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_morality
Have a pleasant read.
I have neither spirituality nor religion and I consider myself a rather moral person. Neither of those did anything for me and I do not look at any religiosity I may have been taught as a child as a reason for my morals. Live and let live works pretty well for me. Always has and I’m almost 60. So no, I don’t agree with your point.
I'd say morality came first and people invented religion to justify the moral frameworks they already had. Cultures invented gods and ascribed their culture's shared moral views to their gods
It doesn't serve us well to murder our own communities. It doesn't serve us well to cause conflict and strife among ourselves when external circumstances are tough enough.
Living on the steppe or on the savannah would have been extremely tough, and I believe that pragmatism would have naturally lead to a sort of morality -- don't steal from, harm, kill, antagonise other people in your group or you're putting the entire group at risk.
It doesn't have to be spiritual or religious!
Even animals have some kind of morality
Ethical frameworks exist that don't rely on religion or spirituality. Utilitarianism, kantism, etc..
Morality is inherent in mankind, even if many folks have the will to defy it or lack it altogether.
Religion emerged as a product of humanity’s profound drive for survival. The concept of death as a finite existence is inherently unacceptable to the brain’s survival mechanisms. Consequently, we developed religion and spirituality as coping mechanisms to address this existential dilemma.
I'm not sure if I understand the statement properly, but I appreciate the challenge here. Why precursor?