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On the basis of "The Conventional Morality" (Sept. 19 (https://www.meetup.com/The-San-Diego-Philosophers-Roundtable/events/140076732/)), let's examine the moral emotions. Two things we will try to discuss within the allotted time: the emotional dimension as based on the conventional ethos, and the tension between the secular and the spiritual.

What are the moral emotions that are generated from the conventional ethos? How do people come to acquire them. What experiences in life accompany such emotions? What purposes do these emotions serve? In what ways do they help a person to become moral in society? And what if a person fails to acquire such feelings? Is he considered immoral by the conventional ethos?

The moral emotions divide human experience seemingly into the secular and the spiritual. Is Sunday a holy day or just another day? Is "Merry Christmas" a greeting reserved only for the faithful? The secular and the spiritual experiences don't mix in the conventional ethos. Why is that the case? Or should they be mixed? And if so, on what basis?

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