why we should

A list of reactions to other evolution~morality papers and chapters and stuff can be found at Reactions to papers on evolution~morality. Garvey, Brian. “The Evolution of Morality and Its Rollback.” History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 40.2 (2018): via academia.edu. Web. 31 Aug. 2024. From the introduction: it is possible that humans do not possess as much internal machinery…

A list of reaction to other evolution~morality papers and chapters and stuff can be found at Reactions to papers on evolution~morality. Derya Sakin Hanoğlu The Ascent of Morality, from Non-Human to Human Animals: An Emotion-Based Account. Middle East Technical University, 2021. via academia.edu. Web. My reaction to her article “On the Evolutionary Origin of Morality”can be found here or on…

About twenty years ago Jamie Kirkpatrick wrote a book The ecologies of paradise: explaining the garden next door. (PDF) In the Australian blogosphere at the time (how to find those comments? on blogspot? (oh look searchblogspot.com but no) there was some dismissive commentary in regard to Jamie’s comments about 'leafy suburbs' (these being the posher suburbs in Australia), and specifically,…

My basic position which has arisen in these recent years of blogging If we can find a term or phrase that describes what we do without a focus on ‘its’ outcomes of : (religion/polity/art/morality-plex and its instantiations tribe/club/religion/) or even just practices (ritual/performance/sport/mindfulness) then we will be able to talk about 'it' sensibly and reasonably, or at least provide a pathway for us…

A list of reaction to other evolution~morality papers and chapters and stuff can be found at Reactions to papers on evolution~morality. Derya Sakin Hanoğlu. “On the Evolutionary Origin of Morality.” Beytülhikme An International Journal of Philosophy (2022): via academia.edu. Web. Abstract: In this study, I will approach morality from a naturalistic perspective and defend that morality is a product of…

I’ve been thinking more about Kurt Gödel and his incompleteness theorems, ① that attack on formalism with reference to his intuitive Platonism, and ② the observer around which many human efforts are now circling, or circulating. Recommended reading: Alexander T Englert. “Kurt Gödel, His Mother and the Argument for Life after Death.” Aeon. 2 January 2024. https://aeon.co/essays/kurt-godel-his-mother-and-the-argument-for-life-after-death If, as it…