Q&A: Morality
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Morality
Question
Hello Rabbi, why can’t we assume that morality is simply a system of rules that evolved evolutionarily, and that in truth there is no reason at all to behave morally?
Answer
You can assume that.
Discussion on Answer
She didn’t mean a reason but an essential obligation.
I don’t understand how the second half follows from the first. Our visual system also evolved evolutionarily, so what? Is there no reason not to walk into street poles?