tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post4019979212018904181..comments2024-03-28T08:57:53.180+00:00Comments on Darwinian Conservatism by Larry Arnhart: Darwinian Natural Law: A Reply to Gavin ColvertLarry Arnharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-81299994452933752132007-09-24T18:19:00.000+01:002007-09-24T18:19:00.000+01:00Anonymous, "Does it not need convention to give ef...Anonymous, <BR/><BR/>"Does it not need convention to give effective form to the matter of natural right--convention that develops through history, and usually takes the shape of "religion", especially in the West?"<BR/><BR/>This seems to assume that humans were originally non-moral and it was only through history, including the development of religion, that they became effectively moral.<BR/><BR/>Actually, as science has found, humans in the original hunter-gatherer societies had moral conventions, and furthermore, this morality was not based on religion. <BR/><BR/>By the way, one of the reasons that so many religionists go wrong on these matters is that the Bible is highly inadequate as a picture of the social history of the human race. In particular, most of the types of societies that have existed receive no mention at all or only a very brief and inadequate description. <BR/><BR/>-- Les BrunswickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-5996189479686506932007-09-23T20:56:00.000+01:002007-09-23T20:56:00.000+01:00Yes. As indicated in the quotation from Darwin in...Yes. As indicated in the quotation from Darwin in this post and in other posts, I would say that morality requires habituation and cultural learning. Morality moves through three levels of order--natural desires, cultural learning, and individual judgment. Religion is rooted in the natural desire for religious understanding, in cultural traditions of religious belief and practice, and in individual judgments about religion.Larry Arnharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-9625189020316914922007-09-23T15:04:00.000+01:002007-09-23T15:04:00.000+01:00The natural moral sense, as you argue, has an inde...The natural moral sense, as you argue, has an independent existence from religious belief. But can it really "stand alone"? Does it not need convention to give effective form to the matter of natural right--convention that develops through history, and usually takes the shape of "religion", especially in the West?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com