In reply to: I think one point of divergence is objectivity  posted by golden child

• The nature side of nature/nurture - goldenchild  2012-12-10 11:19:32
  • Is that not more condtioning rather than genetics? - tag86  2012-12-10 11:19:32
    • I think it is a result of both - goldenchild  2012-12-10 11:33:40
• Sounds like the basis for reasoning of racial supremacists. - vitadulcedospes  2012-12-10 11:19:32
  • Exactly, that kind of thinking is a dangerous road to go - tag86  2012-12-10 11:19:32
• It's the source of it if you buy into sociobiology. * - DeBo  2012-12-10 11:19:32
  • Sure, in some attenuated sense. * - captaineclectic  2012-12-10 11:19:32
    • I'm not sure what you mean by attenuated. - DeBo  2012-12-10 11:19:32
      • But genetics play no more of a role in moral thinking - captaineclectic  2012-12-10 11:19:32
        • The important thing it tells you about human beings is - goldenchild  2012-12-10 11:19:32
          • I see this part as a bit of a leap, though. - Manorcal  2012-12-10 12:35:04
          • If there are no absolutes, then there is no such thing as - Howard Roark  2012-12-10 11:19:32
            • I realize that. - goldenchild  2012-12-10 12:37:40
              • No, you can't say that either. - Howard Roark  2012-12-10 13:32:25
                • I don't think it has to be that extreme - goldenchild  2012-12-10 14:12:51
        • Maybe we're talking past each other a bit. - DeBo  2012-12-10 11:19:32
          • There has been an interesting study out of Yale about - HTownND  2012-12-10 11:19:32
            • That's pretty interesting ... - DeBo  2012-12-10 11:19:32
              • It definitely gives rise to more questions - HTownND  2012-12-10 11:28:01