Re: [asa] Neo-Darwinism and God's action

On 2/18/08, David Opderbeck <dopderbeck@gmail.com> wrote:". . . Human
beings are able to make judgments that other creatures (as far as we
know) cannot make in the same way -- e.g., moral and aesthetic
judgments.
. . . . Unless you're a thorough-going materialistic determinist,
you have to concede that the human "mind" allows us to transcend
evolution in a way that does not seem to be available to other
creatures."

The book WHEN ELEPHANTS WEEP (see my PSCF review at
www.burgy.50megs.com) presents evidences that argue, in my mind
convincingly, that animals other than humanity CAN and DO make both
moral and aesthetic judgements.

I am not a "thorough-going materialistic determinist" by any means,
but I claim that a human's capability to "transcend evolution" appears
to be a difference of degree, and not a difference of kind.

Burgy

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Received on Mon Feb 18 15:17:48 2008