tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post536994352116688803..comments2024-03-28T08:57:53.180+00:00Comments on Darwinian Conservatism by Larry Arnhart: The Lucretian Modernity of Darwinian LiberalismLarry Arnharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-49611773917505785532012-01-16T16:31:45.554+00:002012-01-16T16:31:45.554+00:00If evolution is true, one of its most enduring out...If evolution is true, one of its most enduring outcomes in humanity is religion, which seems to be a default mode of approaching the mysteries of life and death. So, given that outcome, why do IDers have a problem with evolution?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-39870071965373641312012-01-10T21:42:21.526+00:002012-01-10T21:42:21.526+00:00Professor Arnhart,
I think I would agree that the...Professor Arnhart,<br /><br />I think I would agree that theistic vs. materialistic cosmologies do affect the moral realm. However, don't you think that we're in danger of oversimplifying if we lump all theistic-based morality into one group and all materialist-based morality into another. Isn't the difference between, say, Kant's deontological ethics and Mill's utilitarian ethics pretty big? Isn't the difference between your vision of Darwinian Natural Right and Peter Singer's also pretty big?<br /><br />I haven't read Greenblatt or Wiker. I look forward to reading both. But I'm concerned there's an overemphasis here on the degree to which the cosmological differences matter in ethics. I would think you would want to downplay that dichotomy as well, as Darwinian Natural Right appears to be consistent under both kinds of cosmologies. No?<br /><br />On a side note, I predict next year's winner of the National Book Award to be Steven Pinker's <i>The Better Angels of Our Nature</i>.Rob Snoreply@blogger.com