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The fact that mankind shares common decency doesn't invalidate any particular theology. If anything, it sort of undermines physicalist philosophies, since commo
by humanrebar 11y ago
The fact that mankind shares common decency doesn't invalidate any particular theology. If anything, it sort of undermines physicalist philosophies, since common decency is just an illusion or evolutionary trait (and at some level involuntary) if reality is just random matter plus time.
- CamperBob2 11y agoSocialization is perfectly adequate as a basis for everything you've talked about, though. Otherwise, you couldn't trust your dog not to kill and eat your family the moment your back is turned. And some ongoing research has even suggested that pure altruism exists in a cross-section of the animal kingdom. No need to postulate supernatural forces when we can't say we fully understand the natural world yet.