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Where moral codes come from? Are they something to aquire or are they inherently in our genes?
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May 17, 2009

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Peter S. Fosl
May 21, 2009 (changed May 21, 2009) Permalink

Both. General capacities and inclinations for thought, feeling, and conduct are biologically based (not just in our genes but in virtually all our tissues). But the specific way those capacities and inclinations are conceptualized and formulated in principle, narrative, argument, and prohibition shapes, limits, and cultivates them--often in different ways by different people and societies.

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