>From chp 13
"First, there were moral codes that established the supremacy of
biological life over inanimate nature. Second, there were moral codes
that established the supremacy of the social order over biological life
-- conventional morals -- proscriptions against drugs, murder, adultery,
theft and the like. Third, there were moral codes that established the
supremacy of the intellectual order over the social order -- democracy,
trial by jury, freedom of speech, freedom of the press. Finally there's
a fourth Dynamic morality which isn't a code. He supposed you could call
it a 'code of Art' or something like that, but art is usually thought of
as such a frill that that title undercuts it importance. The morality of
the brujo in Zuni -- that was Dynamic morality."
...
"We're at last dealing with morals on the basis of reason. We can now
deduce codes based on evolution that analyze moral arguments with
greater precision than before."
These are bold claims indeed, but are they justified?
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