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Originally Posted by Our House
This came up in another thread. Are humans born with a conscience (understanding of what's right and wrong) or do we learn these things as we grow up?
Take the example of what would happen if you took a newborn baby and isolated it from civilization (solitary confinement or something) until it was 18. When you released this person, would they immediately know right from wrong?
You forgot answer C: Both
Conscience is basically habit patterns of the mind. So with that being said you build conscience over time.
But there is a little known thing called the unwritten law. It is "pre-built in conscience" of the human mind.
Example: Even if someone was raised all there life to steal ect.. or anything else bad. There are laws written naturally in the fabric of ones own mind/being.
And If you being raised to steal and kill had someone else steal something from you or kill someone of your family you would think that it was wrong.
It is this built in conscience called the "unwritten law" that would cause you to think this way.
Pletho
