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Evidence of ethical and inethical behavior among bacteria by TokyoTom

See Michael Gilberson , co-blogger with Lynne Kiesling at Knowledge Problem , discussing recent research: " Cooperation and cheating among bacteria ". I think we are beginning to see that ethical issues, that is, "problems" of cooperation...

Plant behavior: More evidence of an "objective moral code" infusing the universe? by TokyoTom

 

 

 

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What IS "property"? A few weird thoughts on evolution, society, "property rights" and "intellectual property", and the "principles" we structure to justify them by TokyoTom

 

 

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Bruce Yandle on the tragedy of the commons, evolution of cooperation & property, and the struggle against government theft by TokyoTom

 

 

 

 

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More from Gene Callahan: do perceptions of "moral truths" make them objectively real, apart from those who perceive them (instead of evolved hard-wiring to cooperate)? by TokyoTom

It has come to my attention that Gene Callahan has responded to my remarks regarding "objective moral truths" that I noted here . Rather than continuing the long threadjack of an unrelated post by Bob Murphy (on climate change science), I copy...

Callahan finally speaks: but are external, "objective moral truths" needed for a community to enforce shared rules? by TokyoTom

[Well, the Mises server just swallowed my first attempt at this post, so the reader will just have to suffer this sketchier one.] I have been chasing both Gene Callahan and Bob Murphy to try to get them to spell out what they mean when they assert that...
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[Update] Bob Murphy & Gene Callahan flesh out the "objective" moral order: it applies only to those able to perceive it? by TokyoTom

 

 

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A few simple thoughts on the evolution of moral codes, and why we fight over them (and religion, liberty and the state) by TokyoTom

 

 

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Evolution, religion and our insistence on a still undefined "objective" moral order by TokyoTom

I refer to my previous posts on the interesting subject of whether there is an "objective moral order", which Gene Callahan broached in a May blog post , returned to in a subsequent post but abandoned, to be picked up but ultimately punted by...
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Evolution & religion: Idle hands express idle thoughts about Bob Murphy`s determination to apply reason to his insistence that "non-believers burn in hell" by TokyoTom

 

 

 

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Evidence of the Intelligent Designer found! by TokyoTom

His helpers are busy in a laboratory near you: http://www.silobreaker.com/DocumentReader.aspx?Item=5_802264340 And other stories show how He left some of His Watchmaking tools lying scattered around the universe: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008...
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