tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377402203101563445.post295113387978161128..comments2023-06-18T01:46:40.977-07:00Comments on The Need for Critique: The Moral Life of BabiesJonahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06568885449559635393noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377402203101563445.post-62660080003354324932010-05-17T20:27:15.690-07:002010-05-17T20:27:15.690-07:00Another possibility: I believe humanity, and espec...Another possibility: I believe humanity, and especcially, babies, to be dominated by their own selfish impulses. We are born into this world with only selfish desires, which Freud named the "id", and it is our parents who impose rules on us, shaping our morality, known by Freud as the "superego". Because babies have yet to have these morals imposed upon them, they are only acting because of their own selfishness. Therefore, when the babies saw the triangle stop the ball, they identified more with the triangle, because it was defying the ball of what it wanted, and presumably getting what it wanted. The babies did not connect as much with the square, who let the ball go, because it was letting the ball get what it wants, instead of taking what it desires. Therefore, the babies stared for a longer period of time at the triangle, because they liked it more, than at the square, which they didn't like as much, but still didn't surprise them, because at 9 months, the babies had most likely seen their parents exhibiting the behaviors of the square.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377402203101563445.post-61660016903633401272010-05-11T17:11:52.002-07:002010-05-11T17:11:52.002-07:00I think your comment really cuts to the heart of t...I think your comment really cuts to the heart of the matter. It certainly depends on how similar various culture's moralities are. If they were different enough, I'm not sure it would make sense to think of them both as expressions of the same impulse. If one culture calls picking up a person who has fallen down "compassion" and another culture calls forcing a person to get up on their own "compassion," what is the criterion of both impulses being compassion? On the other hand, if it turns out that you could make a compelling case that every culture has some recognizable version of compassion, then I suppose I would revisit the issue.Jonahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06568885449559635393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377402203101563445.post-9386699384703031662010-05-11T16:35:08.753-07:002010-05-11T16:35:08.753-07:00Why can't there be a biological impulse and th...Why can't there be a biological impulse and then various cultural iterations of the impulse's particulars?<br /><br />-DuckyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com