Response to Corey - full post here
Avery and I recently, I think a week or two ago, had a conversation on morality. We decided that morality is based largely on three things: evolution, logic/reason, and emotion/intuition. Evolution supplies basic morals, then you can use logic/reasoning to extend those basic morals to new situations. Emotion, specifically empathy, helps us to understand that there are other creatures that have worth in themselves. It fosters a sort of golden rule which reinforces our morality. I think that guilt fits fairly well into the view of morality; it's our ability to feel negatively after we neglect the emotional aspect of morality. I think the emotional aspect of morality is very important and calls us to action. Guilt, I think, does not call us to action as it is reflective, as you mentioned. However, I think that other parts of the emotional aspect are very important to how we behave. When people neglect to be moved by emotion to behave morally, you get those who accept arguments for such things as vegetarians but, because they don't feel like it's the right thing to do, continue to ignore the moral obligation recognized by evolution and reasoning.
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