(July 2, 2015 at 9:42 am)pocaracas Wrote:(July 2, 2015 at 9:40 am)Alex K Wrote: Learning about nature can give us hints which actions have which consequences/significance. Think abortions and learning about nervous systems.
ok, I see... but it can only apply to a few points of the whole moral landscape.
I mean, I can't see how science informs people not to be cunts.
No, indeed, I don't think it can justify morality or even define what is moral and what not. I'd say you first have to decide what's moral and what not, and then science can tell you what's compatible with those notions.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition