suicide – Uncommon Descent

Culture Darwinism Evolutionary psychology

Yes! Now there is a Darwinian explanation of suicide

It’s amazing what passes for insight among evolutionary psychologists. How would it help anyone decide how to help a depressed person? Read the whole thing for sure. It gets into beehives and such.

William J Murray You have everything completely backwards. The whole point of the moral code is to prompt individuals and societies to do... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
bornagain77 At post 5 Sandy claimed that animals are just automations, Nope. No animal have soul ,all are automatons . God... – At Mind Matters News: Do any...
kairosfocus WJM, duty is not force though in community it may be advisable to back certain duties by force. Duty is... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
StephenB WJMIf all you have to offer in your “moral law” is something without any authority that holds me responsible and... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
William J Murray SB said: So you keep saying, but saying it doesn’t make it so. You need to make your case. I've... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
William J Murray SB, let's put some more of your "self evident truths" about good an evil things to the test. You say... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
StephenB SB: I have already dealt with that by explaining that the moral law, BY DEFINITION, is binding. WJMIf there is... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
William J Murray SB said: The same standards for absurdity that apply to logic also apply to natural law. It is absurd to... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
kairosfocus WJM, duty is not equal to judgement and penalty. Though, ever, folly, evil, wickedness have chaotic consequences. There is such... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
StephenB This is why a moral “should” (duty, in the universal and objective sense) is not and cannot be “self-evidently true:”... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
TAMMIE LEE HAYNES Dear Mr Severski. Thank your for your kind response, which I found to be most valuable. I mean, we all... – Why trust in “science” is becoming...
William J Murray SB said: SB: You can stand by it all you like, but you have not made a case for it.... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
William J Murray Bolded insertions into some of KF's commentary above: Try, I have no rights. What was done to Ms Horakova violated... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
ET My list from Feb. 2008: The following is my "top ten" list of recommended literture pertaining to Intelligent Design. These... – Ten (or so) Pro-Intelligent Design Books...
StephenB SB: You can stand by it all you like, but you have not made a case for it. WJM: I... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
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ET Wow. So Sandy doesn't understand that humans are animals. Are you a plant, gas or mineral, Sandy? Even Linnaeus placed... – At Mind Matters News: Do any...
William J Murray This is why a moral "should" (duty, in the universal and objective sense) is not and cannot be "self-evidently true:"... – L&FP 44a: What is 2 +...
Querius KF, Indeed. Additionally, the philosophical impact is profound. The experimental results in quantum mechanics falsify deterministic materialism and realism. Prior... – Does quantum physics really mean there...
Sandy Biotic message by Remine Not by chance/ Evolution revolution by Spetner Genetic entropy by Sanford – Ten (or so) Pro-Intelligent Design Books...
asauber Additions I have read: Stephen Meyer's "Darwin's Doubt" - a comprehensive takedown if there ever was one. Michael Denton's "Evolution:... – Ten (or so) Pro-Intelligent Design Books...