Q&A: Morality
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Morality
Question
Hello Rabbi, I wanted to ask why we should rely on our moral intuition. After all, in this case there is a clear evolutionary explanation for where that intuition came from. I accept that in general it is right to rely on synthetic thinking, as you elaborated in your books, but if it is clear how moral intuitions developed, it seems strange to say that we should rely on them. They are a product of chance.
Answer
It is not at all clear where they came from. But even if it were, an explanation of how intuitions were formed does not necessarily undermine their validity. Evolution may have uncovered them for us, but once they were uncovered, we recognized that they are valid.