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To: rightwingcrazy

Here’s another poser: an injured Richard Dawkins and a fellow traveler are the only survivors of a shipwreck on a desert island. There’s plenty of food there, but his companion finds his company exceedingly tedious, and decides to dump him in the ocean. Would Dawkins consider this behavior wrong? If so, why?

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Well done.

Dawkins position ? No

His fellow traveler certainly yes.

Flip the scenario and I bet Dawkins wished he had a gun.


31 posted on 09/10/2013 7:38:42 PM PDT by Zeneta (No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn.)
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To: Zeneta

“Dawkins position ? No”

I’m not sure how assessments of “right” or “wrong” or “unfair” fit into his scientism. All that seem to be left are urges, and assessments about how to satisfy them. Pharmaceuticals might be more efficient for him.


40 posted on 09/10/2013 8:15:11 PM PDT by rightwingcrazy
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