RE: The origin of morality
April 3, 2013 at 8:56 am
(This post was last modified: April 3, 2013 at 8:58 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(April 3, 2013 at 8:48 am)ChadWooters Wrote: Fail. Having a survival or reproductive benefit does not make something moral, since some behaviours we consider immoral would be evolutionarily advantageous. Attack the neighboring tribe, steal all their women, rape them, and raise the children to be part of your clan. And that's just one example.Attacking the neighboring tribe is not always a ood idea (but some cultures did- and do- extoll the virtues of tribal warfare). Stealing women to rape has a long and illustrious history, check your good book.
Quote:You shouldn't drag outdated theories from the dustbin of science to support your argument. Just because it's on the internet and supports your position doesn't make it true.Dustbin of science? Troll response. Sociobiology and evolutionary psychology are plugging along exceedingly well. They do a fine job of offering up explanations for -empirical morality- as that's what science is interested in and calls it;s aoo - that you demand normative morality (and clearly assume that your version of normative morality has a greater value) is your own personal tic. Doesn't detract from what we've learned about the subject we call "morality". That this distinction can be and is made - and the vast array of things we find in empirical morality - tells us a great deal about our concept of normative morality - cheifly, that it's very very shaky - at best.
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