(October 4, 2018 at 4:07 pm)polymath257 Wrote:(October 4, 2018 at 1:13 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: Ok... I don't think that you can support that; but then evolution has nothing to do with what is moral? And what the nature of morality is.
The nature of morality is the rules of behavior to produce societies that promote human well being. Which rules work best are partly determined by our genetics.
Who's well being? You just seem to be trying to determine what is moral, and not making a case for what morality is. You are making statements, and not giving reason or evidence for your position. Morality is the principles concerning right and wrong behavior or what one ought to do. How do you get there from evolution?
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(October 4, 2018 at 1:24 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: Still not the argument... try again!
But it *does* undermine your argument. Morality isn't something that requires a belief in a deity, nor even the existence of a deity. That eliminates the moral argument.
Once again, I'm not saying that morality is dependent on belief in a God. It's part of the argument that it is not. As to your claim about not requiring existence of a deity, you have offered no reason for this statement, and it's begging the question. Also, I don't think that apes have rules per say... have you considered that you are just seeing faces in clouds.
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