(August 17, 2012 at 9:33 pm)genkaus Wrote: So its a good thing that people are not mindless.
Yes it is. The reason we have our minds isn't mindless either. "...because IF they are equally autonomous" it rides on if doesn't it. Why are you imposing your morality on others?
What I don't understand is your inconsistency with R. Dawkins.
(A debate between 2 evolutionists)
Jaron Lanier: ‘There’s a large group of people who simply are uncomfortable with accepting evolution because it leads to what they perceive as a moral vacuum, in which their best impulses have no basis in nature.’
Richard Dawkins: ‘All I can say is, That’s just tough. We have to face up to the truth.’
‘Evolution: The dissent of Darwin,’ Psychology Today, January/February 1997, p. 62.
James Holmes acted consistent with what evolution teaches. He evolved from an animal, and when he murdered those people, He acted like one. You can't say he's wrong since evolution made him that way.
