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Originally Posted by OpenMind5
… Science can tell us how the world works, but it does not form basis for establishing meaning and values. …
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I respectfully disagree.
I believe that many moral values usually considered within the domain of religion can be explained in scientific frameworks. For example, in the terms of evolutionary biology, the chances of survival of a species who’s members embrace the value, “thou shalt not kill (one of your own species)”, is enhanced. This value, essentially the Golden Rule, is both a common religious doctrine, and an obvious species survival-enhancing strategy.
Paraphrasing liberally,
Rabi Hillel is reputed to have said that the Golden Rule is
the key moral value. It also appears to be the key to the evolutionary survival of the more advanced biological species.
