RE: Evolution cannot account for morality
May 29, 2022 at 7:48 pm
(This post was last modified: May 29, 2022 at 7:55 pm by Anomalocaris.)
The statement “evolution can not account for morality” is as shallow, nonsensical, ignorant and insipid as “evolution can not account for my farting in front of my in-laws at 6:30pm”.
evolution made it possible for me to be able to fart. evolution made a in-law relationship feasible and desirable, from a certain point of view. why I have these particular set of in-laws, why i was with them and why I farted at this particular time is largely up to the contingent circumstances of that day of my life.
So it is with morality. evolution made it feasible for us to have morality. evolution selected a slight preference for reciprocity in what morality appeals by giving populations which holds it amongst themselves an survival advantage. It is contingent circumstances of our culture that made us think we have some special morality.
evolution made it possible for me to be able to fart. evolution made a in-law relationship feasible and desirable, from a certain point of view. why I have these particular set of in-laws, why i was with them and why I farted at this particular time is largely up to the contingent circumstances of that day of my life.
So it is with morality. evolution made it feasible for us to have morality. evolution selected a slight preference for reciprocity in what morality appeals by giving populations which holds it amongst themselves an survival advantage. It is contingent circumstances of our culture that made us think we have some special morality.
