Category Archives: Ethics and Moral Philosophy
Can an atheist have a code of ethics?
I posted this on Quora, but I thought I might put it here as well, and add a couple of things: A while back I gave a talk to a group of theologians on the question of Darwinian accidents. It … Continue reading
Filed under Ethics and Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, Religion
Rise of the Planet of the Moralists 5: Social Dominance and Power
Rise of the Planet of the Moralists Series1: Introduction2: Chains and Trees 3: Clades and grades4: Predicting traits5: Social dominance and power Thus far we have focused on the differences between human beings and apes, and the ways we should … Continue reading
Rise of the Planet of the Moralists 4: Predicting traits
Rise of the Planet of the Moralists Series1: Introduction2: Chains and Trees 3: Clades and grades4: Predicting traits5: Social dominance and power Species have typical traits, anatomically. There is, however, a bit of a myth that before Darwin people thought species had essences which were … Continue reading
Rise of the Planet of the Moralists 2: chains and trees
Rise of the Planet of the Moralists Series1: Introduction2: Chains and Trees 3: Clades and grades4: Predicting traits5: Social dominance and power Very famously, Darwin came up with the idea of the evolutionary tree. What is not often realized is that it is the tree … Continue reading
Filed under Biology, Epistemology, Ethics and Moral Philosophy, Evolution, History, Philosophy, Social evolution
Rise of the Planet of the Moralists 1: Introduction
Rise of the Planet of the Moralists Series1: Introduction2: Chains and Trees 3: Clades and grades4: Predicting traits5: Social dominance and power This is an extended meditation upon the recent film Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011). There may be spoilers (first and … Continue reading
