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Edward Teach's Blog – October 2010 Archive (1)

Attempting the Impossible

Here is a cut and paste from the Beyond Morality Group:



As a moral relativist, I have spent a lot of time on A/N shooting down the attempts of others to create a universal moral code. I think it's

sort of a fool's errand, but here I go:



All organisms demonstrate a tendency to avoid harm. Even amoeba will

avoid aversive stimuli. This is one of the basic premises of behavioral

psychology's operant conditioning. Behaviors that yield pleasing results

tend to… Continue

Added by Edward Teach on October 29, 2010 at 11:56am — 10 Comments

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