I have been encountering, in these days of political “incorrectness” (i.e., bastardry), more and more well-to-do folk who treat other folk as if they were lesser beings. Ranging from stepping over homeless people (literally) to failing to give way when you drive a Korean car and they a European one (or some varieties of Japanese).
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The Abstract and the Concrete, or, the Road to Fascism
I was thinking about the way in which the anti-abortionists justify their views. I have always said that โPro-Lifeโ is a misnomer. Instead of being…
33 CommentsMorality and Evolution 7: Conclusion
[Morality and Evolutionย 1ย 2ย 3ย 4ย 5ย 6 7] So far I have made out the following arguments: Evolution does in fact debunk moral realism, as the fitness bearer for…
28 CommentsMorality and Evolution 6: Moral dispositions
[Morality and Evolutionย 1ย 2ย 3ย 4ย 5ย 6 7] In any field that has statistical variation, it is necessary to isolate the variables. Biology is all about statistical variation of…
4 CommentsMorality and Evolution 5: biology and culture
[Morality and Evolutionย 1ย 2ย 3ย 4ย 5ย 6 7] I should note that there is no set historical sequence implied in the levels 0 to 4, apart from the fact…
5 CommentsEvopsychopathy 2: The phylogenetic bracket
As noted, SB and EP have a very unfortunate tendency to reflect the status quo in their results and research questions. This is not unique…
19 CommentsEvopsychopathy 1. Conditions for sociobiology
Well I better put up or shut up, I guess. Here are my ruminations, excretions, and expressions regarding evolutionary psychology, or, as we might call…
36 CommentsHow not to give a keynote
So we finally managed to get things going for the Poland keynote. It took over half an hour to get the sound working, after a…
8 CommentsRise 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…
7 CommentsRise 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…
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