Why do these alleged men of reason join men of faith in appealing to mysticism as a basis for morality? The reason is simple: The morality they seek to defend,

Why do these alleged men of reason join men of faith in appealing to mysticism as a basis for morality? The reason is simple: The morality they seek to defend, altruism, cannot be grounded in reason or reality. Best to skim things like this. It takes him a long time to get to the thesis statement which can only induce eye-rolling. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/altruism-biological/ http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/altruism-biological/