Why do right?

Its an interesting question, Kuresu. I deal with troubled youth (Those who often do not do the right thing, and find that many of them come from families that offered scant encouragement to them and where the father figures were often absent.Having no Dad in and of itself does not mean that a kid will turn out wrong, however. I DO believe that there is a direct correlation between family love (not control) and healthy moral development.

Positive encouragement helps. I grew up with a caring family although they were far from perfect..(If that is even possible) and I additionally had at least two other mentors that helped my focus and my desire to please myself and do right simply because it was right.

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In short, I felt that I mattered in life and had enough confidence in myself that I did not give up.

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Edited by Phat, : appallin spallin

I dunno, but I learned while studying European History that the absolutists...who were all for Papal infallibility, divine rights of authority figures speaking for God...all that crap...often were shown up by the humanists who brought us the Renaissance and the Enlightenment.When man tries to be God, man often finds himself worse off than ever. (And when man attempts to speak for God, the same thing happens.)God or no God, we were obviously never meant to Lord it over one another. Humans progress as a group or not at all.

Hello, iceage! I have a quick question for you. Can you speculate how far brain evolution will go? In other words, is evolution in a species ever complete? Is it ever finished?Am I still evolving? Will there ever be a time when I am finished evolving?

Well that explains why we have not yet evolved beyond Wars.

I think she means that she needs God and He gives her a conscience. In context, an atheist may not believe in God, but God is still there giving them a conscience as well. Does that frame the issue?Kids don't always need Daddy watching to behave. They are capable of behaving when Daddy is invisible.