Re: virus: Is morality a meme? and some implications of an affirmative answer
C.A. Cook (coreycook12@email.msn.com)
Sun, 3 May 1998 20:26:32 -0500
Nathan wrote:
>It just occured to me that with AIDS those who are more ethical
>are selected for. I'm not saying that that is right (in the sense of
>moral acceptability, not of 2+2=4 being right) or wrong - that would
>be saying like that photosynthesis or the strong nuclear force is
>morally right or wrong
Very few people say that it is right that AIDS selects those that are
more ethical. Mostly because most people realize that there is
no such thing as "more ethical". Ethics and morals are essentially
transmitted by culture, not bloodlines.
CA Cook, LF
coreycook12@email.msn.com