Are you guys famialiar with kohlberg's stages of moral development? I believe that that ethical progression more or less occurs among most people, but I believe it happens in various "spheres of operation" if you will based on the actions you take. So for example in terms of sexual development imo the stages would look like:
1. Using others for sex even against their will
2. Trading for sexual favors in a tit for tat manner
3. Obeying fixed sex role conventions to have sex
4. Seeing sex itself as an ideal to be spread maganimously (lol)
5. Openness to more varied types of roles in sexual expression as pleases all involved without categorically seeing that kind which you prefer as needing to be adopted by others
6. ???
Perhaps sexual expression as a universal human right.
I use these "stages" as kind of a rough guide. I think that the earlier comment of Fi is very good because in my opinion morality arises in conjunction with oxytocin release in relationship to interaction with other human agents (for example when you hug someone). The problem I've noticed is that this doesn't truly become universal until one reaches a state of universal love and attachment to the universe even including things like animals, plants, and inanimate processes. I do think "go with what feels good" is a good rule of thumb though.
[MENTION=1654]Evan[/MENTION]: What if we used eeg and video to correlate neurological function with emotional states and interpersonal interaction?
[MENTION=15291]Mane[/MENTION]: the reason I disagree is because I think that historically human beings have tried to correlate morality to actions/behaviors and/or individuals/groups. Instead I would argue for correlating morality to "structures" whether they be genes, neuological patterns, social movements, or even physical objects like buildings. For example, it is "good" to excercise for most people because it increases lifespan and mitigates death which prevents others from feeling loss, creates endorphin highs that make you feel good, gets you in the sun if you do it with outdoor activities which stimulates the production of vitamin d (mood booster), etc. So buildings can be "bad" in that over urbanization can restrict excercise because people don't feel good/safe excercising in those environments. I believe for example that corporations are morally culpable for exposure to stressors in the work environment that cause cortisol release in most people that is inordinately higher than it would be otherwise which increases the likelihood of social ills. For example, racism in the workplace, sexism, etc but also other more general stressors like noise level, dehumanization of subordinates, etc.