The Evergreen State College discussion

Interesting research by Loye that revisits Darwin's works (Origin of the Species and Survival of the Fittest). Loye points out how, in fact, Darwin frequently alluded to this idea and theory of the 'the moral sense.' The moral sense is based on consciousness and CHOICE - Loye calls this the 'lost theory' or 'second half Darwinism' because much of the research that has been done on Darwin's writings and research has ignored this second half of what Darwin was saying: that human evolution occurs not only through breeding selection and natural selection, but also, by a large part, through our moral sense and reasoning. And this moral sense and reasoning that we have, as Loye explains, first began to arise when meiotic sex began to happen (when organisms came to the point of needing two - instead of just themselves - to reproduce); these pairing relationships led to caring for another being (instead of only looking out for one's self) and led to family and social bonds and values (ie. conscious evolution). Essentially, Loye points out that: evolution is NOT inherently selfish or random (despite what mainstream teachings on science and evolution lead us to believe).