<div class="gmail_quote">On 8 December 2011 15:59, Keith Henson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hkeithhenson@gmail.com">hkeithhenson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Related to recent discussions, ethics and morals come out of<br>
successful evolutionary strategies (where else could they come from?).<br></blockquote><div><br>Mmhhh. This is more applicable to human *ethology* than to human *ethics*. <br><br>How could one otherwise explain the extreme diversity of ethical systems throughout ages and cultures?<br>
<br>Accordingly, I suspect that we are dealing here with memes rather than with genes. In fact, a sufficiently powerful meme (say, chastity) may thrive or at least survive even though it is obviously detrimental to one's chance to leave behind and abundant and successful offspring.<br clear="all">
</div></div><br>-- <br>Stefano Vaj<br>