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The Problem Is That No Ethical System Has Ever Achieved Consensus. Ethical Systems Are Completely Unlike Mathematics Or Science. This Is A Source Of Concern.

It Stands To Reason That We Love Chocolate Cake Because It Is Sweet. Guys Go For Girls Like This Because They Are Sexy. We Adore Babies Because They're So Cute. And, Of Course, We Are Amused By Jokes Because They Are Funny. This Is All Backwards. It Is. And Darwin Shows Us Why.

Those Who Feel Guilty Contemplating "betraying" The Tradition They Love By Acknowledging Their Disapproval Of Elements Within It Should Reflect On The Fact That The Very Tradition To Which They Are So Loyal—the "eternal" Tradition Introduced To Them In Their Youth—is In Fact The Evolved Product Of Many Adjustments Firmly But Delicately Made By Earlier Lovers Of The Same Tradition.

Some Philosophers Can't Bear To Say Simple Things, Like "suppose A Dog Bites A Man." They Feel Obliged Instead To Say, "suppose A Dog D Bites A Man M At Time T," Thereby Demonstrating Their Unshakable Commitment To Logical Rigor, Even Though They Don't Go On To Manipulate Any Formulae Involving D, M, And T.

I Think Many People Are Terribly Afraid Of Being Demoted By The Darwinian Scheme From The Role Of Authors And Creators In Their Own Right Into Being Just Places Where Things Happen In The Universe.