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Boomer

(4,271 posts)

6. This is ethics not evolution

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 9, 2017, 03:45 PM

Oct 2017

Social progress is, unfortunately, relative and ephemeral. It is learned behavior and yes, disappears all too quickly. Even if we managed to construct a culture that suppresses what we call "bad" human qualities, it's not in any sense an evolution of species. We're just managing our symptoms. DNA doesn't give a fig about ethical behavior.

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