tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post5020914952301916314..comments2024-03-28T08:57:53.180+00:00Comments on Darwinian Conservatism by Larry Arnhart: Empirical Evidence for Thomistic Natural Law in the Pursuit of Happiness: Charles Murray's "Coming Apart"Larry Arnharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-16624855427471967652015-09-22T17:00:54.527+01:002015-09-22T17:00:54.527+01:00The lower classes are letting us down. Didn't ...The lower classes are letting us down. Didn't Oscar Wilde say that their purpose was to provide a moral example to the upper classes?CJColuccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691840821795365920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-55106664318321568922015-09-22T14:24:52.883+01:002015-09-22T14:24:52.883+01:00"Thomas agrees with Aristotle that the end of..."Thomas agrees with Aristotle that the end of all human action is happiness. "<br />But Darwin would tell us that if the human organism is one which is designed to seek happiness, it is only nature's way of persuing further ends of survival and reproduction. So happiness is not THE end of humans. Aquinas agrees with this in that the Precept of Natural Law is survival and reproduction; happiness only comes in later. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com