tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post7936377232694469299..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Where a Materialist, Evolutionary Explanation of Morality Failsgcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-80204311263594130002014-05-09T15:07:29.546-04:002014-05-09T15:07:29.546-04:00Yes, and that is exactly what I am saying in the a...Yes, and that is exactly what I am saying in the above post as well!gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-51486216314220116792014-05-09T14:41:15.118-04:002014-05-09T14:41:15.118-04:00Hmm. I agree with what you're saying in this p...Hmm. I agree with what you're saying in this post Gene, but it sounds like how <a href="http://mises.org/document/1926/Book-Review-Leland-B-Yeager-Ethics-as-Social-Science" rel="nofollow">I criticized Yeager</a> back in the day. And I'm pretty sure you defended him at the time, telling me, "It's fine to provide an account of where specific moral rules come from. It's a totally separate thing to explain why we should obey them."Bob Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001108408649311528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-34450138371838498212014-05-07T22:04:37.733-04:002014-05-07T22:04:37.733-04:00But a universal aspect of morality is the idea it ...But a universal aspect of morality is the idea it binds one. Many (not all) philosophers would say an explanation of morality that fails to account for this feature is a failure. Of course, if you don't care that your theory doesn't account for this, you will be unphased. gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-13998270930969450792014-05-07T21:55:38.570-04:002014-05-07T21:55:38.570-04:00Correct, but.
Fails isn't the right word. You ...Correct, but.<br />Fails isn't the right word. You wouldn't say an evolutionary explanation of speech or blinking failed if it didn't assume the universe cares. Morality is a matter of emotional response and reason, and it is an evolved, biological property. So your inference is correct, but what it really means is that your expectations are off. You want something beyond what you can get. <br />So I have no problem calling boko haram evil, and wanting to pulverize them, and calling both reactions moral. I just do not expect anyone or anything beyond human beings to care. <br />So we agree! Bobybuilderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07218089991533436881noreply@blogger.com