Is it possible to find somebody who agrees 100% with your moral framework?
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I'm going to define a moral framework here, for the sake of the argument, to be 'what you would think is right and wrong, and more importantly, why.'<br><br>If you want to find someone who shares your moral code, and who you agree with to some extent, it is a pretty easy task. I would argue, however, that finding someone who shares your entire moral code, even if they agree with you 100%, is impossible.<br><br>Let me explain. I will be using myself as an example in this scenario, but I mean this for anyone.<br><br>I believe that every person's moral code is constructed based on every moment of external data that they encounter, as well as their internal thoughts, desires, and feelings. The choices they make, as well as the environment they experience. For example, someone who has grown up in a not-so-well off family will have a different framework then someone who grew up in a well off family, simply because of their life experiences. I believe that it is impossible for two people to have had the same life experiences. I would also argue that it is impossible for two people to have the same life experiences up until a certain point in time, and then have the same life experiences after that point. Just as you could not accurately predict every individual action of a person in a game, even after giving them the exact same stimuli and environment, you can not replicate a person's life experiences perfectly.<br><br>This is not even taking into account the fact that every person is born with different brain chemistry, and different tendencies. I think we all have different health conditions and tendencies that we are born with, which affect how we react to our environment. I also think that every person is given certain innate tendencies, such as abilities. I would argue that someone who is born with the ability to understand mathematics at a high level will have some differences in their moral code than someone who is not.<br><br>This gets into a discussion of nature vs nurture, which I will not fully go into, but I do not think it is one or the other, but rather both. I would place it as 75/25 nurture/nature personally. I think that the majority of our reactionary and philosophical thoughts are constructed through our environment, but that also part of it is based on our innate abilities, tendencies, and brain chemistry.<br><br>This is also not taking into account the fact that as of right now, there is no way to fully 'read' someone's thoughts. Right now, there is no way to fully know what someone is thinking. In the discussion of whether or not we have free will, I think that we do, but we do not have full control over our thoughts. We can suppress thoughts, and change the things that we think about, but I do not think that we have 100% control over our thoughts. We can not 'see' into someone's mind, so we can not even truly know what they think, or what they desire, or what they believe, all we can do is ask them what they think, desire, and believe.<br><br>So, the argument I am trying to make here is that it is impossible to find someone who agrees 100% with your moral framework, because everyone has been given different initial circumstances, and different life experiences. Everyone has different brain chemistry, and every person is given different innate tendencies, and abilities. Right now, there is no way to fully 'see' into someone's mind, so we can not even know if we agree with someone 100% on everything.<br><br>As always, this is just a theory, and I could be wrong.<br><br>TL;DR: Is it possible to find someone who has the same life experiences, brain chemistry, and innate tendencies as you, which I believe all contribute to someone's moral framework, and who you can see into their mind to know exactly what they are thinking?<br><br>Edit: Holy f**k this blew up. Sorry for not being able to respond to each of you personally, I'm trying my best to get back to everyone I can.
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