From: Rob Harris (rob@hbinternet.co.uk)
Date: Fri Oct 29 1999 - 08:20:03 MDT
Rob Wrote:
>>What is the uncertain and complex terrain? Why do you have morals? Why
does
>>anyone?
J.R. Wrote:
>"uncertain and complex terrain" sounds like real life. Morals coincide with
>behavior patterns which result in greater survival for populations which
>practice them. Darwinian evolution provides the pressure for changing
mores.
>E. O. Wilson has provided an explanation for the biological basis of
>morality.
Yes JR, I agree with you. My questions were not rhetorical, they were
directed at Reptar (or whatever) who didn't seem to share my understanding
of the point of morality - I was asking for his.
The point I raised in my original post was not that morality should be
ditched and we should all conduct our lives conscience-free, but that the
"rulebook" method of morality propagation is counter-productive, a situation
I feel could be remedied at a price of more thought on the part of the
individual.
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