Brian Iverson

It also goes a long way to “explain” organised religion: how it may have arisen, and some of its adaptive functions.

Bear in mind Simon that religion was born out of the ignorance of mankind. When it became “organized” the rulers of the day found it useful when they discovered that what they wanted just happened to be what their particular god…[Read more]

Karuna wrote:
Maybe it might make your arguments more clear?

Thanks, I’m sure it will.

evolutionary approach

The point of an evolutionary approach to morality, the reason why it works, is that evolution is fundamental to the biological natural world, and morality is a natural phenomenon embedded within other natural phenomena: e.g., biology,…[Read more]

Or Reg. We can teach by showing snarky contempt. That’s what Socrates did. Sort of

Indeed you had. Four days ago. There was no notification that I had a message. I have sent it. Enjoy

Hi,

Simon Payton,

The book by Michael Tomasello you refer to.

The same author has written a summary of his findings. In this short free access article.

It maybe helpful for people on this discussion to read it.

Maybe it might make your arguments more clear?

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09515089.2018.1486605

The book you…[Read more]

Davis wrote:
If you cannot even get someone to read a very short intro to a topic (that you offer to gift them for free)

Check your inbox, I asked you for that book days ago.  You need to check the fakery of your news.

We should all take a more ethical approach to discussing morals.