Emile comments on Evolutionary psychology as "the truth-killer" - Less Wrong
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I can't say I disagree with him on that. Evolutionary psychology isn't much help when it comes to evaluating moral claims.
I don't know the answer to "is there such a thing as inherent wrongness?" - it probably depends on what is meant by "inherent" and "is". But I'm much more confident in the idea that "God says so" is not a satisfactory answer to moral questions, even assuming the ludicrous scenario where 1) we know God exists and 2) we know what he says we should do. If God said we should gouge out the eyes of all children, does it become the right thing to do?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthyphro_dilemma
How much of the usual ideas about morality (including, these days, being opposed to rape) can be derived from tit-for-tat Prisoner's Dilemma strategies?