tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post6742673988268999723..comments2024-03-28T08:57:53.180+00:00Comments on Darwinian Conservatism by Larry Arnhart: The Enduring Things: Remarks for The Philadelphia SocietyLarry Arnharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-49708422328922578782013-10-02T00:06:19.010+01:002013-10-02T00:06:19.010+01:00Seems like the best option for a Darwinian is to b...<i>Seems like the best option for a Darwinian is to become like a Ghengis Khan.</i><br /><br /> So one might think, but, from a purely Darwinian perspective, few of us will have the necessary strength, talent, and drive to succeed with this strategy. I know I don't, and I doubt you're much different. So we evolve strategies that work for most of us as we actually are, not how we might see ourselves in adolescent fantasies.CJColuccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691840821795365920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-43989496723536717152013-10-01T00:55:42.291+01:002013-10-01T00:55:42.291+01:00There is no moral sense. Everywhere morality requ...There is no moral sense. Everywhere morality requires extensive education and social pressure because it is so unnatural.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-56242345954270390832013-09-30T21:50:29.844+01:002013-09-30T21:50:29.844+01:00In a famous Southern court case--State v. Mann (No...In a famous Southern court case--State v. Mann (North Carolina Supreme Court, 1829)--Judge Thomas Ruffin ruled that a master could not be charged with "a cruel and reasonable battery" upon his slave. He explained that since there was no moral justification for slavery, it necessarily originated in and was maintained by brute force alone.Larry Arnharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-26366861877284007192013-09-30T20:47:47.657+01:002013-09-30T20:47:47.657+01:00Seems like the best option for a Darwinian is to b...Seems like the best option for a Darwinian is to become like a Ghengis Khan. Then you don't have to worry about justifying slavery, you just do it. The Old South were Christians, so they felt they had to justify their behavior. The Darwinian thing to do would be to get rid of the moral theory that feels you need to justify your behavior in light of your religion and just go barbaric. Ghandi wouldn't have succeeded against Ghengis Khan, Khan would have just killed them all, but he went against the British who professed to subscribe to a morality. Or see how the various factions of the Pelopennesian war treated their foes. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com