prof wrote:Human nature, the basis of human communication, is not fixed and immutable. In the course of evolution and the growth of culture and civilization human beings, through adaptation, acquired some moral knowledge that perhaps, we speculate, primitives did not have.
What lends the thesis plausibility is that we see the recapitulation of this process in each individual as one grows and matures. We notice that human individuals - granted, with some exceptions - go through a process of development as they grow in years. Individuals develop in moral insight as their brain makes more neural connections.
We conclude from this that Nature has endowed us with the potential capacity to be aware of some specific truths: namely, an ability to discern right from wrong, an obligation to keep promises, pay back debts, tell the truth, recognize Justice, and sense injustice. Most members of the human species have this moral sense. That is the term Psychologists give it; Ethicists speak of it as our “conscience.”
Brain Neurologists inform us that we are pre-wired with the capacity.
Mencius (c. 372—289 B.C.E.) held the view that human beings share an innate goodness that either can be cultivated through education and self-discipline or squandered through neglect and negative influences, but never lost altogether.
Many people today, however, have desensitized their conscience. They have put it asleep. The job of those who care is to reawaken it. And, it should be noted, human beings have a unique capacity to create value: to upgrade, innovate, enhance, improve upon, heal, soothe, entertain, elate, appreciate, enjoy, and find common areas of agreement.
Today we know that by effective methods of education Ethics can be taught, just as gymnastics or music appreciation can be, and is being taught. Moral education – Ethics - is a field of knowledge as is Chemistry or as is Nutrition. It is a fact that Ethics, the unified theory of M. C. Katz, adds to the useful information in this world, for it spells out the basic structure of Justice, of conscience, of Integrity. It defines with some rigor the terms “morality,” “good character,” “value creation.” It provides us with a sense of priorities, and with concepts well-worth knowing!
Further details on the nature of human nature can be found on pp. 48-49 here:
http://wadeharvey.myqol.com/wadeharvey/ ... ETHICS.pdf
also here on pp. 24-28:
http://tinyurl.com/mfcgzfz
and here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27 ... y_of_needs
Comments? Questions? 
