Christopher Jacob
1 min readAug 7, 2023

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We contend that infantile neural pathways have yet to crystallize into the abstract construct of morality, encompassing the dialectics of good and bad. It follows that an assertion can be made: infants, cannot comprehend such intricacies, and therefore are neither inherently virtuous nor iniquitous. Further, inherent human nature within the wider mammalian spectrum revealing a predisposition towards "selfish" responses grounded in "anger" or "anxiety" as means to secure essential nourishment – the primal quest for sustenance invariably reflected in the cries and screams of human infants until satiation is achieved.

Engaging more deeply, the humanly conceived "selfish" nature is a matter of philosophical dissection likened in verisimilitude as an internal metaphysical state inextricably existing to an infant's external validation within the natural world. Curiously, this construct coexists with an infantile inability to consciously apprehend individuality outside of itself, thereby dislodging the objectivity endemic to subjective definitions of innate biological instincts. Such a conceptual framework, intrinsically discordant of moral philosophy and transcending cultural boundaries to pervade individualistic psychology and evolutionary sociological paradigms.

It thus follows, a resolute pronouncement is made: infant entities remain devoid of moral values or the imposition thereof, contrasted starkly against counterarguments. Kant's eloquent elucidation of a "categorical imperative," a realm in which actions attain objective necessity devoid of extraneous purpose, resonates here. It is an intriguing tangent, examining the semiotics between culture, religion, and the formative years of youtht.

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Christopher Jacob
Christopher Jacob

Written by Christopher Jacob

Come as you are. Doused in Mud, Soaked in Bleach. Psychology, Philosophy, Sociology, and Business. Two-time International Award-Winning Writer and Editor.

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