RE: Science vs Morality
July 2, 2014 at 10:07 am
(This post was last modified: July 2, 2014 at 10:09 am by Mudhammam.)
So his logic is, pleasure = greater = better = more of a person? Um...okay...I follow that pleasure is better than its opposite but fail to understand how that translates into "more of a person." Taking his analogy of computers, all humans run on the same general hardware, so to speak, but sometimes the software needs adjustment. Fortunately, brain software is placid, and with the help of science and a better understanding of human nature, people can have their software "tweaked" so as to run to its full capacity.
Of course, some people are more intelligent or naturally more appreciative of their experiences, and probably derive more pleasure from life. There's no scientific basis, however, by which to deem any one of these qualities as rendering a person more valuable than others. That's a judgement we might be apt to make, especially as a society, and we do so all the time--Einstein was arguably a more valuable person than Charles Manson--but that's a subjective determination and cannot be established scientifically.
Of course, some people are more intelligent or naturally more appreciative of their experiences, and probably derive more pleasure from life. There's no scientific basis, however, by which to deem any one of these qualities as rendering a person more valuable than others. That's a judgement we might be apt to make, especially as a society, and we do so all the time--Einstein was arguably a more valuable person than Charles Manson--but that's a subjective determination and cannot be established scientifically.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza
