Precisely. Science can tell us that an axe will cut off someone's head. Something else is needed to tell us whether and when it is ethical to do that. That will be morality & this comes from our brains.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @GodDoesnt and
But it's not only moral sentiments (like empathy, as we discussed here), but also the other mental machinery we have, that allows us to create a moral system and that is what makes us choose between moral sentiments to apply to certain situations, and the facts to choose from.
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