Evolution: no morality From a debate between two evolutionists. Lanier is a computer scientist; Dawkins is a professor at Oxford and an ardent atheist. Jaron Lanier: ‘There’s a large group of people who simply are uncomfortable with accepting evolution because it leads to what they perceive as a moral vacuum, in which their best impulses have no basis in nature.’ Richard Dawkins: ‘All I can say is, That’s just tough. We have to face up to the truth.’ ‘Evolution: The dissent of Darwin,’ Psychology Today 30(1):62, January/February 1997. |
