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To: SeekAndFind
You mean there is no difference between groupings of humans based on shared physical qualities?

We're all on a continuum of physical attributes. As humans we have a tendency to take a slice of that continuum and call it a race but the parameters of that slice are arbitrary from a biological perspective.

IF TRUE, that is, we all evolved out of accidental and random atoms, then what we call morality is simply a result of “evolution”.

I think morality is a product of human experience and reason.

Every successful civilization has a moral code, most based on the Golden Rule, regardless of what deity they recognize.

Does evolution tell us whether a Mother Theresa is “morally superior” to Hitler?

No, and neither do the theories of gravity nor plate tectonics. Scientific theories simply don't address morality. That's the turf of philosophers and theologians.

42 posted on 07/06/2020 1:00:58 PM PDT by semimojo
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To: semimojo

RE: Scientific theories simply don’t address morality. That’s the turf of philosophers and theologians

Yes, but in a sense, we are all philosophers and theologians to varied degrees. We might not want to Philosophize, but the implications of accepting a theory are still there.

If we take the premise of Darwinism to its logical conclusion, we are simply products of materialistic chance and our fate is similar to every single materialistic object in the universe.

If so, and if true, any moral code we adhere to, even the Golden Rule is simply a personal preference built into us by the process of natural selection. I don’t see how, if Darwinism is true, Mother Theresa is morally superior to Stalin.


43 posted on 07/06/2020 2:40:14 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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