(August 22, 2019 at 12:44 pm)DLJ Wrote:(August 22, 2019 at 12:10 pm)Acrobat Wrote: ...
Evolution accounts for all the biological sensory components that recognize objective things, like my ability to see the table, feel its weight, etc.. are all a product of evolution, but the table, the object being perceived, nor the good, are the product of evolution.
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Calling them "objective things" is question begging. Why not just call them 'objects'?
Was there a 'not' missing near the end there? If not and I take you literally, then we agree... 'good' is a product (an artefact) of evolution.
Good is no more a product or an artifact of evolution, than a table, the sun, or the mountains.
Only the biological elements that allow us to sense and perceive these things are. But they exist independent of our perceptions.