Neurophilosopher argues morality is rooted in brain science, not reason

Re:Neurophilosopher argues morality is rooted in brain scien... by badrabbit on Sunday August 30, 2020 @04:42PM (#24325771)

Morality is rooted in authority.

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Re:Neurophilosopher argues morality is rooted in brain scien... by antonvs on Sunday August 30, 2020 @05:09PM (#24325961)

If that were the case, morals would always be aligned with authority, and protests or dissent wouldn't exist.

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Re:Neurophilosopher argues morality is rooted in brain scien... by badrabbit on Sunday August 30, 2020 @07:30PM (#24326920)

They are always aligned with authority, that is what I was implying. Protests anf dissent exist over disagreemnts about authority.

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Re:Neurophilosopher argues morality is rooted in brain scien... by antonvs on Monday August 31, 2020 @10:51PM (#24338085)

Protests and dissent exist over disagreements about morality.

Authority is a mechanism by which certain moral positions are enforced, but morality is not "rooted in" authority. If it were rooted in authority, it wouldn't make sense for it to be in opposition to that authority.

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