Some kind of ranting
Monday, May 14, 2007
The Shifting Moral Zeigeist
Richard Dawkins illustrates brilliantly that we don't get our moral values from religion. In this he references what appears to be a concept of his own conjuration - the Shifting Moral Zeitgeist. The name is fitting the the idea alluring. It is also astoundingly true when you think of it, and it opens up whole new arenas of discussion within the field of morality. It doesn't answer the question where we get our morals from, but it certainly got me thinking about it.
What's even more amazing is that it appears to be happening in all of us. I see it as the cultural version of macroevolution. Cultural progress rather I'd say.
With all these arguments you'd figure people may be persuaded. But sadly they're not.
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