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Morality is purely subjective: no value, moral belief, or ethical proclamation can be proven in the scientific sense to be truth, but rather only be justified based on personal subjective feelings.
For those that don't believe in superstition, other sources of morality must be chosen. Morality is of course not purely the result of cultural indoctrination, but individuals/groups have instinctual moral drives as well, such as the ingroup/out group morality system, the system of inclusive fitness, and cooperation.
The sun will burn out in one billion years and all societal gains will be lost. If intelligent species from Earth leave before that to a new solar system, the universe itself will also one day either implode into a black hole, or expand and distroy life as the rule of Entropy.
One specific morality system is suggested by Professor John Hartung. He suggests that first we reject superstitious based moral beliefs. Then he says we should reject much of our innate ingroup/outgroup morality behaviors and take on a universal all-group morality system. Third, he says we should be prepared to to leave our solar system when the sun burns out, and that we should develop technology to create new universes to move into once our own universe destructs.
Finally, he says that the way to achieve all of the above is to use genetic engineering to completely redesign humans to one that can accomplish the above. Here is his article: http://members.aol.com/toexist/pfehome.html
For those that don't believe in superstition, other sources of morality must be chosen. Morality is of course not purely the result of cultural indoctrination, but individuals/groups have instinctual moral drives as well, such as the ingroup/out group morality system, the system of inclusive fitness, and cooperation.
The sun will burn out in one billion years and all societal gains will be lost. If intelligent species from Earth leave before that to a new solar system, the universe itself will also one day either implode into a black hole, or expand and distroy life as the rule of Entropy.
One specific morality system is suggested by Professor John Hartung. He suggests that first we reject superstitious based moral beliefs. Then he says we should reject much of our innate ingroup/outgroup morality behaviors and take on a universal all-group morality system. Third, he says we should be prepared to to leave our solar system when the sun burns out, and that we should develop technology to create new universes to move into once our own universe destructs.
Finally, he says that the way to achieve all of the above is to use genetic engineering to completely redesign humans to one that can accomplish the above. Here is his article: http://members.aol.com/toexist/pfehome.html
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