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From Bacteria to Bach and Back Again by Daniel Dennett

The jugle law is a universal law of nature. The food chain is part of it. Survival of the fittest. A group learns from experience and tradites their experience to the young ones so they don´t have to invent the wheel, they can develop the customs further. Is that an argument for cultural relativity...

duszek wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2019 6:39 pm Morality comes from mores that is customs.

Customs are cultivated by societies.

What does this mean to you?

If they are to be objective what can they comply with ? The universal laws of nature ?

What are the universal laws of nature?

I'm in my 50's and I recently finished up a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. Now I'm pursuing a master's degree in philosophy. My interests are- panpsychism, ethics and accommodationism. Panpsychism- I like arguments for the idea consciousness itself is a basic property- that in addition...