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Where are the Morals?
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RE: Where are the Morals?
I'm not seeing how "we develop our system of moral and ethical behavior as we learn" is somehow less desirable than "we get a rigid set of instructions that we must blindly follow."
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."

-Stephen Jay Gould
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Where are the Morals? - by Harris - September 13, 2014 at 11:43 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Surgenator - September 14, 2014 at 12:21 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Harris - September 24, 2014 at 5:11 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Esquilax - September 24, 2014 at 6:31 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Bibliofagus - September 24, 2014 at 6:52 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by genkaus - September 24, 2014 at 7:34 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Whateverist - September 24, 2014 at 11:40 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Whateverist - September 24, 2014 at 8:36 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by paulpablo - September 24, 2014 at 8:40 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by LostLocke - September 24, 2014 at 11:13 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by FatAndFaithless - September 24, 2014 at 11:17 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by LostLocke - September 24, 2014 at 11:22 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Tonus - September 24, 2014 at 11:18 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Surgenator - September 24, 2014 at 2:11 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Angrboda - September 24, 2014 at 8:29 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Brakeman - September 24, 2014 at 8:33 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by MusicLovingAtheist - September 25, 2014 at 12:12 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Harris - October 12, 2014 at 12:28 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by paulpablo - October 12, 2014 at 2:30 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Surgenator - October 12, 2014 at 6:03 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Surgenator - October 12, 2014 at 10:39 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Esquilax - October 12, 2014 at 11:19 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by paulpablo - October 13, 2014 at 2:24 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by genkaus - October 13, 2014 at 7:36 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by genkaus - September 14, 2014 at 1:29 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Esquilax - September 14, 2014 at 1:38 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Darkstar - September 14, 2014 at 1:54 am
Where are the Morals? - by Bibliofagus - September 14, 2014 at 2:13 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Exian - September 14, 2014 at 9:52 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Fidel_Castronaut - September 24, 2014 at 8:50 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Zack - September 14, 2014 at 3:28 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Whateverist - September 14, 2014 at 3:30 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by genkaus - September 14, 2014 at 11:59 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by comet - December 7, 2014 at 2:51 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by DramaQueen - September 14, 2014 at 7:19 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Tonus - September 14, 2014 at 8:04 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Whateverist - September 14, 2014 at 10:25 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Little lunch - September 14, 2014 at 8:37 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by paulpablo - September 14, 2014 at 10:00 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Brakeman - September 14, 2014 at 10:48 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Whateverist - September 14, 2014 at 10:53 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by MusicLovingAtheist - September 14, 2014 at 11:05 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by ShaMan - September 14, 2014 at 12:20 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Esquilax - September 14, 2014 at 12:44 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by FreeTony - September 14, 2014 at 12:55 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by paulpablo - September 14, 2014 at 4:38 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Madness20 - September 17, 2014 at 6:43 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Mudhammam - September 24, 2014 at 6:00 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by FatAndFaithless - September 24, 2014 at 8:12 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by The Grand Nudger - September 24, 2014 at 8:13 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Jacob(smooth) - September 24, 2014 at 8:36 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Endo - September 24, 2014 at 8:47 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Exian - September 24, 2014 at 9:41 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Elskidor - September 24, 2014 at 10:15 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Whateverist - September 24, 2014 at 10:20 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Esquilax - September 24, 2014 at 10:24 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Exian - September 24, 2014 at 10:41 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Esquilax - September 24, 2014 at 10:42 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Exian - September 24, 2014 at 10:52 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Firewalker - November 13, 2014 at 6:48 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Thumpalumpacus - September 24, 2014 at 10:43 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Mudhammam - October 12, 2014 at 2:45 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by bennyboy - October 12, 2014 at 9:33 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Losty - October 12, 2014 at 9:45 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by DramaQueen - October 13, 2014 at 7:50 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by bennyboy - October 14, 2014 at 9:21 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Harris - November 1, 2014 at 2:17 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Mudhammam - November 1, 2014 at 2:38 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Esquilax - November 1, 2014 at 3:03 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by bennyboy - November 2, 2014 at 8:23 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Harris - November 1, 2014 at 3:22 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by MusicLovingAtheist - October 14, 2014 at 8:51 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Aoi Magi - November 1, 2014 at 4:03 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Tartarus Sauce - November 1, 2014 at 4:04 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Whateverist - November 1, 2014 at 10:16 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by paulpablo - November 1, 2014 at 11:29 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by robvalue - November 2, 2014 at 8:39 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by DramaQueen - November 2, 2014 at 4:02 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Harris - November 13, 2014 at 3:52 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by paulpablo - November 13, 2014 at 5:23 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by paulpablo - November 13, 2014 at 6:03 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Esquilax - November 13, 2014 at 11:07 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Esquilax - November 2, 2014 at 4:12 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Firewalker - November 13, 2014 at 5:39 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by DramaQueen - November 13, 2014 at 7:28 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by bennyboy - November 13, 2014 at 8:03 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by DramaQueen - November 13, 2014 at 8:10 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Lemonvariable72 - November 13, 2014 at 8:14 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Mystical - November 13, 2014 at 11:29 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Mister Agenda - November 13, 2014 at 12:54 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Harris - November 21, 2014 at 12:29 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Surgenator - November 21, 2014 at 3:08 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by paulpablo - November 21, 2014 at 3:30 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Mister Agenda - November 24, 2014 at 4:48 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Esquilax - November 21, 2014 at 1:39 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Mystical - November 21, 2014 at 2:58 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Esquilax - November 21, 2014 at 3:12 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by DramaQueen - November 21, 2014 at 7:51 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Grandizer - November 21, 2014 at 8:18 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Harris - November 24, 2014 at 6:52 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by paulpablo - November 24, 2014 at 1:19 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Surgenator - November 24, 2014 at 3:08 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Esquilax - November 24, 2014 at 6:26 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by abaris - November 24, 2014 at 6:41 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Surgenator - November 24, 2014 at 8:06 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Grandizer - November 25, 2014 at 7:12 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Harris - December 6, 2014 at 4:55 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Surgenator - December 7, 2014 at 2:15 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by paulpablo - December 8, 2014 at 1:23 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Whateverist - December 8, 2014 at 2:52 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by DramaQueen - November 24, 2014 at 7:07 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Harris - November 24, 2014 at 11:14 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Fidel_Castronaut - November 24, 2014 at 7:34 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by The Grand Nudger - November 24, 2014 at 9:38 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by The Grand Nudger - November 24, 2014 at 11:26 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by DramaQueen - November 24, 2014 at 3:23 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Losty - December 6, 2014 at 5:15 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by downbeatplumb - December 6, 2014 at 5:39 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Aoi Magi - December 6, 2014 at 7:37 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by The Grand Nudger - December 6, 2014 at 8:02 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by bennyboy - December 7, 2014 at 1:04 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by Whateverist - December 7, 2014 at 1:13 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by robvalue - December 7, 2014 at 1:48 am
RE: Where are the Morals? - by DramaQueen - December 8, 2014 at 12:48 pm
RE: Where are the Morals? - by popeyespappy - December 8, 2014 at 4:07 pm

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