Hmmm...Darwin didn't this so - he discussed how his theory relates to human morality and ethics in Descent of Man. If morality was the product of mindless evolution, then there is no objective fixed morality as stated by Michael Ruse and E. O. Wilson in The Evolution of Ethics:
Morality, or more strictly our belief in morality, is merely an adaptation put in place to further our reproductive ends. Hence the basis of ethics does not lie in Gods will . In an important sense, ethics as we understand it is an illusion fobbed off on us by our genes to get us to cooperate. It is without external grounding. Like Macbeths dagger, it serves a powerful purpose without existing in substance.See also - Evolutionary Ethics.Ethics is illusory inasmuch as it persuades us that it has an objective reference. This is the crux of the biological position. Once it is grasped, everything falls into place.
>>Hmmm...Darwin didn’t this so<<
Irrelevant. The thoughts Darwin had beyond TTOE are not in the Theory itself. Quoting (or quotemining) Darwin is irrelevant to the argument at hand.
Not only is not a winner, it is a non-starter.
>>Hmmm...Darwin didn’t this so<<
Irrelevant. The thoughts Darwin had beyond TTOE are not in the Theory itself. Quoting (or quotemining) Darwin is irrelevant to the argument at hand.
Not only is not a winner, it is a non-starter.