--- On Thu, 8/28/08, Mark Waser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Actually, I *do* define good and ethics not only in
> evolutionary terms but
> as being driven by evolution. Unlike most people, I
> believe that ethics is
> *entirely* driven by what is best evolutionarily while not
> believing at all
> in "red in tooth and claw". I can give you a
> reading list that shows that
> the latter view is horribly outdated among people who keep
> up with the
> research rather than just rehashing tired old ideas.
I think it's a stretch to derive ethical ideas from what you refer to as "best
evolutionarily". Parasites are pretty freaking successful, from an
evolutionary point of view, but nobody would say parasitism is ethical.
Terren
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