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Objective morality as a proper basic belief
RE: Objective morality as a proper basic belief
(June 29, 2017 at 11:01 am)Little Henry Wrote: You guys need to read more of Michael Ruse

"Morality, or more strictly our belief in morality, is merely an adaptation put in place to further our reproductive ends. Hence the basis of ethics does not lie in God’s will—or in the metaphorical roots of evolution or any other part of the framework of the Universe. In an important sense, ethics as we understand it is an illusion fobbed off on us by our genes to get us to cooperate. It is without external grounding. Ethics is produced by evolution but is not justified by it because, like Macbeth’s dagger, it serves a powerful purpose without existing in substance.…Unlike Macbeth’s dagger, ethics is a shared illusion of the human race.16"

Again, if you dont believe in OMVs, then everytime you say acts like rape and torture are wrong, you are sufferring from an illusion.


You seem to cling to this like a security blanket.  Go ahead give that thumb a good suck while you clutch it.  Does it help with what must be enormous cognitive dissonance?
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RE: Objective morality as a proper basic belief - by Whateverist - June 30, 2017 at 8:20 pm

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