(June 3, 2013 at 6:32 pm)Pandas United Wrote: I understand what you're saying. The problem is, as a selfish creature (hypothetical situation), I look at evolved altruistic traits as null and void. There's no stopping someone that has a different genetic make-up of what feels morally right or wrong. You can't tell a child rapist that what he's doing is morally wrong if it feels natural and "OK" to him. If all we're going by is evolved morals and ethics, then anything goes. Like I said, no objective compass.
Of course you can play the, "that's why we have society" card. But that still doesn't the answer the question of what is good and what is bad. Merely opinions.
Yes, psychopaths exist.
Our flawed reproduction method can yield flawed people who don't inherit all the traits required for the social life our species is "famous" for. The same happens in other social species... a few individuals can't stick to it and get shunned... the most likely outcome is that they fail to pass on those anti-social flawed genes.
And what is good and what is evil, then?
Golden rule? Silver rule?
