↪180 Proof That seems to be a very good account of morality — Tom Storm

Thanks.

I recall Slavoj Žižek making the entirely reasonable riposte that, 'If there is a God, then anything is permitted'.

Like e.g. absolute ends justify/excuses all relative means (Biblical / Quranic theodicy); "teleological suspension of the ethical" (Kierkegaard); etc ... but (iirc) it was Camus (or Voltaire) who said something like even godlessness does not imply that nothing is prohibited as a riposte to traditions of theologically rationalizing atrocities committed "in the name of God".

Do you think that the development of morality is a significant aspect of our evolutionary trajectory?

Yes, I think morality as such, like language, gives our species some adaptive advantages.

a world where there are no absolutes — Fire Ologist

Nature might not be "absolute" but for all natural beings, including we humans, Nature is sovereign and inescapable.

Yes, I think morality as such, like language, gives our species some adaptive advantages. — 180 Proof

All one needs to do is think of a society where murder within one's tribe is not punished. I can't reach any conclusion other than this being a huge evolutionary disadvantage for that group.

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