RE: Excavating The Empty Tomb
June 3, 2013 at 6:01 pm
(This post was last modified: June 3, 2013 at 6:04 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(June 3, 2013 at 5:56 pm)Pandas United Wrote: Once again, if morality is only the byproduct of the evolutionary process, then why should I be moral? It's only a survival mechanism that was adapted into the human psyche. There's no objective basis for thinking I need to be a moral person.Did it occur to you that you answered that question yourself, immediately after having asked it (albiet only in a modified way - you may want to be a moral person because-)? But why would it matter, no one -should- have to provide you with any explanation for this at all. On the other hand, I think you and I might both agree that anyone who does offer up an explanation ought to at least try to make sure it's an accurate one, eh? Whether or not morality evolved as a survival mechanism (which appears to be the case) that won't tell us that we -should be- moral creatures - at least not without invoking a fallacy.
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