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  • Essay / The Importance of Moral Truth - 1033

    First, people should carefully examine the experiences and then, based on those which are reliable enough for people to accept and follow, they will be transformed into truth moral. For example, Paul Bloom shares his research with children when he asks them to draw the shape of the Earth. He says: “Children's beliefs that unsupported objects fall downward fit the world we live in, but it is difficult for them to see the world as a sphere” (In Science We Trust – paragraph 9 – page 45). Their views will only improve around the age of twelve or thirteen, when children demonstrate a coherent understanding of a spherical Earth. Furthermore, Paul also asserts that moral truth is created from the effects of the beliefs of others. In his report he shows how the views of Christian parents influence the minds of their children. Parents have more experience, so they tend to get their children to have the same points of view as them, for example on the existence of Good. Their ideas can be good or bad because they depend on how people have views and opinions about them. Nothing is completely correct, so if people think carefully about choosing appropriate experiences, they might have a good basis for belief. It's not really wonderful, but at least people could minimize the percentage of possible errors.