Darwin On Moral Intelligence
Vincent di Norcia applies his mental powers to Darwin’s moral theory.
Okay, but my reaction to this revolves around those who think they do understand and share Darwin’s sense of morality…and are willing to explore that with me here in regard to conflicting value judgments that are well known around the globe.
How are “social instincts” applicable to the abortion wars, or to the red state/blue state conflagrations? Or to the extremely contentious capitalism vs. socialism political and economic agendas?
And then when I react here with “we’ll need a context of course”, some act as though I don’t really get philosophy at all.
As though philosophers/ethicists, in exploring the “innate moral sense”, are not [like all the rest of us] all over the board with respect to their own moral and political value judgments. Yes, it appears we come into the world with a biological propensity to make distinctions between right and wrong, good and bad behaviors. But how on earth would that be manifested if a child really was raised by wolves or kept completely isolated from others? History, culture and experiences are all profoundly embedded in the end results here.
Instead, the “deep code” here is not all that far removed from we describe as “instinct” in all other animals.
Thus:
In other words, “in general”. But: how exactly would we go about exploring this relationship existentially…in regard to that “particular context”? How are the points I make regarding “dasein”, “conflicting goods” and “political economy” not also pertinent in regard to the reactions of specific individuals out in a particular world viewing it in a particular way?