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All in all, a fascinating book to read for its arguments alone.
What Binmore is trying to advocate in the book is a move away from a metaphysical explanation of morality to a scientific one. His thesis is that through biological and cultural evolution, humans have a hardwire device in our genome that allows us to make judgments of justice and fairness (morality). As such, morality is not rationally conducted, nor does it come about by God-given reason, rather it is found in the human genome.
Obviously the book has a couple of flaws with the actual validity of the argument, but it is a fascinating, thought provoking argument.
What Binmore is trying to advocate in the book is a move away from a metaphysical explanation of morality to a scientific one. His thesis is that through biological and cultural evolution, humans have a hardwire device in our genome that allows us to make judgments of justice and fairness (morality). As such, morality is not rationally conducted, nor does it come about by God-given reason, rather it is found in the human genome.
Obviously the book has a couple of flaws with the actual validity of the argument, but it is a fascinating, thought provoking argument.
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