David Brooks, in a NY Times Op-Ed piece, takes up an ages-old question of morality: Does our sense of morality come from God or evolution?
Where does our sense of right and wrong come from? Most people think it is a gift from God, who revealed His laws and elevates us with His love. A smaller number think that we figure the rules out for ourselves, using our capacity to reason and choosing a philosophical system to live by.
Moral naturalists, on the other hand, believe that we have moral sentiments that have emerged from a long history of relationships. To learn about morality, you don’t rely upon revelation or metaphysics; you observe people as they live.
more via Op-Ed Columnist – The Moral Naturalists – NYTimes.com.
Moral because we observe people? Would that mean because we observe the most observables like celebrities and politicians? If so, where are we headed next?