tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post5118231440373137437..comments2024-03-28T08:57:53.180+00:00Comments on Darwinian Conservatism by Larry Arnhart: The Evolutionary Neuroscience of Lockean OwnershipLarry Arnharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-3739685182297731932011-06-16T16:51:44.544+01:002011-06-16T16:51:44.544+01:00I think that your project of trying to find a Darw...I think that your project of trying to find a Darwinian foundation for enlightenment moral and political ideas is hopeless. The enlightenment project is an attempt to find value in a world of mere fact. Once Aristotelian/Thomistic teleology was banished by Newtonian physics, the project came to find a way to provide a new basis for morals. This problem ultimately ended up in Nietzschean nihilism. You would be far better off trying to use Darwinian teleology as a replacement for Aristotelian/Thomistic teleology. Just re-write the Nichomachean Ethics but substitute bio-functions for Aristotle's functions.Empedocleshttp://apoxonbothyourhouses.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com