Pages

13 February 2014

What is natural?

Being gay - is un-natural so we should ban it
people use these arguments to justify their own form of diet
- humans being didnt eat meat naturally  we dont have teeth stomach etc for meat
- human being ates meat naturally, we were hunter gatherers.
It is natural for men to be promiscuous! To justify cheating men.

So? Rape is natural. Birth control is not.
Disease is natural, Medicine is not!

Something being natural is neither a pro or con for any behaviour, finding what is natural  just helps us understand ourselves better. Thats all.  Especially in the domain of ethics.

I think it is very important to know what is natural, but to only to help us understand.
some things may be natural and  we continue to do it that way
something may natural but will definitely be a no-no.

Diet wise, its important to know what is our natural diet and stick to it may be,
but If you are a moral vegetarian -you think killing animals is wrong, what does it matter if 100,000 years ago humans ate veg or meat?

That aside, I find evolution and psychology really fascinating, both sciences mostly used to find what is natural. I m very curious to know what is natural. Why things are the way they are! How were things before, did we always think and feel like this? What is behind our thin veil of rationality? Gives us different perspective and may be open up our minds.
what do you think?

No comments:

Post a Comment