(August 25, 2025 at 3:55 am)Sheldon Wrote: Good seems like a subjective term here, what the Nazis viewed as good, or ISIS, wouldn't mesh with my own subjective world view. A degree in philosophy focusing on morality and ethics, wouldn't change that I suspect.
Ironically an understanding of evolution might, understanding how alike even the most disparate humans are, how little we differ. Though of course one would first have to care more about what is objectively true, over subjective ideology, but that's how science is designed to work.
My working assumption is that people, including philosophers, can argue over subjectivities forever. Subjectivities, from my perspective, include questions about values, ethics, and aesthetics.
As you say, we humans might overcome our tribalism and emotionalism if everyone understood themselves from an evolutionary point of view. However, I have given up on the idea that most people will "transcend" themselves in any meaningful way, even if the means are readily available. I now believe that our evolutionary psychology has made us much too opportunistic for that to happen.
I hope I am wrong about this, since climate change is such a pressing problem.
