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Politics : Evolution
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To: Greg or e who wrote (45396)1/23/2014 5:57:17 AM
From: Solon  Read Replies (1) of 69300
 
"And so the naturalist is saddled with a view that explains morality away"

He is not "saddled" with anything! He explains away supernatural explanations of morality--or in any event ignores such explanations as having no value.

"There has to be a real objective state of affairs that makes it rational for us to do the right thing, even when the right thing is against our own self-interest"

We know the "right thing" when it coincides with self interest--when it augments survival, freedom from pain...and happiness. The right thing is therefore relative to culture, family, and community--but nevertheless informs a general commonality within our species. Of course, right behaviour and right speech in a mosque is quite different than "right" behaviour and speech in an Anglican church. In my family, it is "right" and "good" to denounce both Islam and Christianity as supernatural ideologies that diminish humanity.
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