Classic Richard Dawkins documentary on the evolution of altruism, a subject which has produced some fascinating evidence of late. As much as I enjoyed Dawkins' latest book The God Delusion, I find this even more compelling because it simply shows a rational explanation how morality can occur without wasting time to mock the claim that it was carved into stone tablets by some unknowable entity on a mountain top.
And here's another BBC clip from the mid '80s
Now if only science could explain the evolutionary processes that led from Motörhead to Flogging Molly.
1 comment:
My favorite line from your first link-"That morality is said to be biologically rooted poses a "threat" to other fields of studies especially theology and philosophy, two disciplines that have long struggled with the notion of free choice."
They always view free choice as a threat don't they?
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