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Can Darwinism account for morality?

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Can Darwinism account for morality?
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RE: Can Darwinism account for morality?
June 18, 2015 at 11:43 am
(June 18, 2015 at 11:41 am)Alex K Wrote: A valid point, FAF, pop evo psych is plagued by armchair adaptationalism and overinterpretation of cultural traits as biological. I didn't want to go as far as to imply that all of morality is simply a product of our evolution, which is pretty obviously not so when one considers how drastically ideas about morality differ between cultures and times.

Evo psych is exactly what I was thinking about when I made that post.
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Can Darwinism account for morality?

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Can Darwinism account for morality? - by Aaran - June 18, 2015 at 11:23 am
RE: Can Darwinism account for morality? - by Alex K - June 18, 2015 at 11:27 am
RE: Can Darwinism account for morality? - by abaris - June 18, 2015 at 11:32 am
RE: Can Darwinism account for morality? - by Aaran - June 18, 2015 at 12:42 pm
RE: Can Darwinism account for morality? - by Aaran - June 18, 2015 at 12:59 pm
RE: Can Darwinism account for morality? - by Nope - June 18, 2015 at 11:36 am
RE: Can Darwinism account for morality? - by Alex K - June 18, 2015 at 11:41 am
RE: Can Darwinism account for morality? - by FatAndFaithless - June 18, 2015 at 11:43 am
RE: Can Darwinism account for morality? - by abaris - June 18, 2015 at 11:44 am
RE: Can Darwinism account for morality? - by Alex K - June 18, 2015 at 11:44 am
RE: Can Darwinism account for morality? - by Aaran - June 18, 2015 at 12:30 pm
RE: Can Darwinism account for morality? - by Aaran - June 18, 2015 at 12:49 pm
RE: Can Darwinism account for morality? - by Minimalist - June 18, 2015 at 12:40 pm
RE: Can Darwinism account for morality? - by Aaran - June 18, 2015 at 12:54 pm
RE: Can Darwinism account for morality? - by Thackerie - June 18, 2015 at 12:55 pm
RE: Can Darwinism account for morality? - by Alex K - June 18, 2015 at 1:12 pm
RE: Can Darwinism account for morality? - by henryp - June 19, 2015 at 3:25 pm

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