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Well then, natural selection is still ongoing. Some animals, even members of the same species, are better suited for their environment than others.
Those animals will thrive. The others... won't.
Evolution is a description of the consequences of changing life in a changing environment... not a moral lesson or behavioral imperative.
Humans constantly try to deliberately change the environment... but we make a lot of mistakes.
Well then, natural selection is still ongoing. Some animals, even members of the same species, are better suited for their environment than others.
Those animals will thrive. The others... won't.
Not a very good source of ethics if you ask me.But aren't there environmental ethics?
Unless we intervene .
I think it's more of a matter of being out of bounds.
Fight what? What specifically were you referring to in my post?
All those things you listed.
Are you seriously asking why we fight bacteria? Insects?
Survival. Ours, not theirs.
Well, I might - for the moment - simply note that, according to the Bible, we have been given stewardship over the Earth and its other inhabitants. So, from a literalist Christian standpoint, it seems humans are more important than the rest.So, are you saying that "our" (humans?) survival is more important?
Obviously. We have also been cooperating with other species for millions of years, and we are still here, because cooperation works.Have we been battling other species for millions of years, and we are still here, because we have been winning?
What makes you think there is an ultimate goal? Teleology has limited application.What is the ultimate goal--to preserve the earth or to preserve human life on earth...why?
It depends whether your goal is to protect the physical well being of the species (using a questionable approach, probably doomed to failure), or to protect the mental and ethical well being of the species.*And wouldn't we be doing the human species a greater service by allowing the weak among us to be culled, instead of fighting the cullers (should be a word)?
Well, I might - for the moment - simply note that, according to the Bible, we have been given stewardship over the Earth and its other inhabitants. So, from a literalist Christian standpoint, it seems humans are more important than the rest.
Obviously. We have also been cooperating with other species for millions of years, and we are still here, because cooperation works.
What makes you think there is an ultimate goal? Teleology has limited application.
It depends whether your goal is to protect the physical well being of the species (using a questionable approach, probably doomed to failure), or to protect the mental and ethical well being of the species.
Of course, if your goal is to eliminate troublesome atheists like Stephen Hawking then go for the cull.
Does evolution arise out of order or is it out of disorder?
I'm not certain the phrase "pure evolutionary perspective" has any semantic content. If you think it does perhaps you will present it in unambiguous terms. (I came up with five radically different attempts at an answer to that before I gave up.)Oh, I know why I value human life. I'm asking for a pure evolutionary perspective on it.
We have already caused the demise of thousands of species. We are set to cause the demise of tens of thousands more. Even if we survive it will be as a species whose scope and capabilities and future are massively reduced. We can change this, but to do this we need to recognise our evolutionary roots and our animal nature. Science is not the problem; our specific application of particular aspects of science are the issue.But, how long have we been doing this consciously. Since it has been without the science and technology of today for...what...billions? of years, don't you think that the way we are going about it today may very well lead to our demise?
Not that I can see. It's an odd claim. Feel free to make an argument for it.Don't all the disciplines (scholastics) seek to rectify/deal with the effects of entropy as their ultimate goal?
Your question question lacked specificity. You did not appear to be asking about human goals, but about the goals of evolution, of which there are none. Education fulfils a variety of needs. Some consider it a form of indoctrination to enhance control of the "educated".Why else do we have education?
That depends on what you mean by physical life. It certainly deals with inherited behaviours. I would classify those as part of "physical life" and so my answer would be, no - not that I can think of.Does evolution deal with anything other than physical life?
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