Well, no. That's how we know what is cultural.
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Well, we can still empathise with characters from old plays, but that's not quite the same thing as morality.
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That's our moral emotions. Morality also has cultural elements. Do we kill unfaithful wives or divorce them?
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Both are good options. Maybe divorce, then kill?
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I kid! I kid!
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There's talk about how devotees of one particular religion interprets and emulates the actions of its powerful founding figure... >
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What? Islam? Mohammed? Good gracious, no. Why would that come to mind? Of course I mean the Church of England and Henry VIII.
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But if our morality is not a combination of our evolved natures and our cultural values, where does it come from?
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From reason, as I keep saying. Reason is the magic ingredient which has allowed us to make moral progress.
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And where did reason come from & how does it explain ISIS & Switzerland?
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Yeah, we've been through this one before. I accept that our ability to reason is thanks to evolution.
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But I'm not willing to give evolution full credit for things like Pythagorus' theorem.
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What then? If not Pythagorus' evolved abilities and his environment & culture?
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Pythagorus' theorem is a thing, cos it's actually true, and we were able to discover it. If it weren't true, it wouldn't be a thing.
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What other than evolved abilities, environment & culture is responsible for it?
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