Oh god! I thought you did say that the moral intuitions were evolved but then built on differently.pic.twitter.com/sx04VXlk2n
Isn't it just that they're reasoning from different premises? God exists & wants this vs human wellbeing is paramount?
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Doesn't reason also come from a mixture of evolved nature and cultural influence? If not, where does that come from?
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Our ability to reason comes from evolution, but the knowledge we obtain from reason is not encoded into the genes.
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No, that comes from the application of the reason to things outside it.
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Where is Pythagorus' theorem? Is it 'outside'?
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You tell me.
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What is needed apart from evolved abilities and a culture to enable them for Pythagorus' theorum to exist?
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One important factor - that it be true.
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What is needed apart from evolved abilities and a culture to enable them for Pythagorus' true theorum to exist?
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