Samael_Khan
Goosebender
Hi there!
So I am hoping there are posters out there who are chomping at the bit to get into a good old-fashioned RF scrap!
I have just started reading a book called "Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason and the Gap Between Us and Them" authored by Joshua Greene.
It is a fascinating book with which I agree on much but also disagree with a bit too, especially with the idea of evolutionary morality since it is an idea that cannot really be examined, thus is unfalsifiable, and therefore the author is just throwing conjecture regarding how we evolved our morality.
But that is besides the point of this thread.
What I would really like to get everyone's thoughts on is his definition of morality below:
"Morality is a set of psychological adaptations that allow otherwise selfish individuals to reap the benefits of cooperation."
Do you agree or disagree with this definition? If not, then please explain your reasoning and what you think the actual definition is or should be?
So I am hoping there are posters out there who are chomping at the bit to get into a good old-fashioned RF scrap!
I have just started reading a book called "Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason and the Gap Between Us and Them" authored by Joshua Greene.
It is a fascinating book with which I agree on much but also disagree with a bit too, especially with the idea of evolutionary morality since it is an idea that cannot really be examined, thus is unfalsifiable, and therefore the author is just throwing conjecture regarding how we evolved our morality.
But that is besides the point of this thread.
What I would really like to get everyone's thoughts on is his definition of morality below:
"Morality is a set of psychological adaptations that allow otherwise selfish individuals to reap the benefits of cooperation."
Do you agree or disagree with this definition? If not, then please explain your reasoning and what you think the actual definition is or should be?