Re: Determining end of life (Was Re: Darwin's Appendix)

In <g7gga5129f39hlkcnasjvmjr37ob35f3c9@xxxxxxx> Matt Silberstein <RemoveThisPrefixmatts2nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

However, just because it's not a scientific question doesn't mean it's a
non-rational one. Not all rationality need be scientific.

And just because it is a moral question does not make it non-rational
either.

Doesn't mean it is, doesn't mean it isn't - I think some aspects of
morality are rational, others are non-rational.

There may well (and is) be a scientific reason for why you value you
wife over others, but the scientific reason is distinct from the moral
reason. The scientific is an "is", the moral is an "ought".

I agree.

So further, I'm suggesting that morality too is a subset of rationality.
Not an antonym to it. There are perfectly rational reasons to behave
morally. Religion isn't necessary for morality.

Did anyone here say it was?

Yes indeed. Not you, of course.

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