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Morality - can science help?
Can science help with morality?
Is it possible to establish morals without a god?
This book reviews mainstream attempts to formulate scientific moralities. Examples are the Golden Rule, utilitarianism, the categorical imperative.
Then it shows how by applying a scientific
1.there is no universal morality
2.it is impossible to derive morals from facts.
3.the origins of morality can be explained
4.all moralities are socially constructed
5.all value systems are equally valid or invalid - relativism.
6.when a group is oppressed it will tend to resist. Examples are racism, women, workers.
7.an oppressed group needs no moral justification for resisting – amorality.
8.oppressed groups often realize that solidarity is a powerful technique.
9.an oppressed group tends to develop their own group morality.
10.how a personal morality can be formulated
Is it possible to establish morals without a god?
This book reviews mainstream attempts to formulate scientific moralities. Examples are the Golden Rule, utilitarianism, the categorical imperative.
Then it shows how by applying a scientific
1.there is no universal morality
2.it is impossible to derive morals from facts.
3.the origins of morality can be explained
4.all moralities are socially constructed
5.all value systems are equally valid or invalid - relativism.
6.when a group is oppressed it will tend to resist. Examples are racism, women, workers.
7.an oppressed group needs no moral justification for resisting – amorality.
8.oppressed groups often realize that solidarity is a powerful technique.
9.an oppressed group tends to develop their own group morality.
10.how a personal morality can be formulated
111 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 18, 2017
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