He may be right but if human nature is to be totally self absorbed all the time then we would never have civil societies. Without civil standards life would be competitive and exclusionary to the point of failure, just like what happened to Spartans. By the time they realized it they were too late to course correct and were essentially defeated by the Thebians.
samurai1833 t1_ismiavv wrote
Reply to Philip Kitcher argues that morality is a social technology designed to solve problems emerging from the fragility of human altruism. Morality can be evaluated objectively, but without assuming moral truths. The view makes sense against a Darwinian view of life, but it is not social Darwinism. by Ma3Ke4Li3
He may be right but if human nature is to be totally self absorbed all the time then we would never have civil societies. Without civil standards life would be competitive and exclusionary to the point of failure, just like what happened to Spartans. By the time they realized it they were too late to course correct and were essentially defeated by the Thebians.