Is Meat Really Murder?

Guybrush · 11-21-2011, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam

I won't lampoon you for this statement, but if you actually believe there is an "objective morality" then you're going to have much bigger issues grasping the ideas of right and wrong that people bandy about.

What issues and why?

Morals have evolved and evolution is predictable. Some strategies/behaviours help maximize fitness and so are rewarded and sustained through evolution while others are not. Rather than saying morals are objective, I'd say morals (unless you're one of the special few damaged people who don't seem to posess any) ultimately come from the same place in all of us.

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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam

Read Nietzsche, specifically the Genealogy of Morals. It will give you a much better insight into what MoonLitSunshine is talking about. He isn't blowing hot air here at all.

There's a wealth of litterature you could learn a lot from as well. For example I'm sure you could learn a lot from reading Richard Dawkins' classic The Selfish Gene. And I'm not blowing hot air either.