Re: poly: A Modern Conception of "Natural Law"?

In a message dated 98-11-09 11:47:59 EST, CurtAdams@aol.com writes:

> I had more or less the same thought reading Ridley's book. Certainly the
> theories of repeated games and evolutionary psychology have implications
> for morality. But I'm not sure that it develops a universal theory of
> morality.

I'm on the road on business for the rest of the week, so can't make an in-
depth reply, but wanted to just make this one note: I think the implications
of a new basis for "natural law" may work for LAW, but not necessarily for
MORALITY. I'll try to flesh out the distinctions I see between the two when I
have more time to do the subject justice (pun intended).

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Received on Mon Nov 9 23:10:30 1998