>>> David Martorana on "Biological Morality" 
 @@> "THE BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF MORALITY" ?
 DM> "Modern human beings are unlikely to have erased the old
 DM> mammalian genetic programs and devised other means of distributing
 DM> power.  All the evidence suggests that they have not. True to their
 DM> primate heritage, people are easily seduced by confident, charismatic
 DM> leaders, especially males.  That predisposition is strong in religious
 DM> "Ethics and religion are still too complex for present-day science
 DM> to explain in depth. They are, however, far more a product of
 DM> autonomous evolution than has hitherto been conceded by most
 DM> theologians." 
Considering the genetic or evolutionary basis for behavior, behavior is as 
complex as DNA.  Our attempts to codify human behavior will consequently be 
as competent as our ability to understand the human gene.
What I dislike about all of this bio ethical or theo-ethical method is the 
abstraction that it presumes for it's keystone.  Unlike the sciences, human 
endeavor is human centered.  Assuming an abstract theoretical or theological, 
is to miss the central human concern to replace it with an inhuman construct. 
 A significance ethical discussion demonstrating the need for a human 
centered view point is the hazards and utility of irrational convictions.
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