(March 6, 2013 at 6:55 pm)ChadWooters Wrote:
Just another atheist's perspective to add to the mix.
That's beneath you.
As you know, I don't share Dawkins' perspective on our values being purely informed by our evolutionary past. But even if that was the case, I still wouldn't consider this to be a valid perspective. As a matter of fact, I do not consider the perspective presented here to accurately represent the view of that particular atheist either.
The implicit assumption here is that the products of evolution - whether it be having five fingers or having a particular value - are all equally random and arbitrary and this is disguised by using comparative statements. I do not believe that to represent Dawkins' actual perspective on evolution or evolutionary morality simply because he failed contest the point in a hurried interview.