Subject: 
            Re: [evol-psych] Evolutionary psychology, dualism and ethics
       Date: 
            Thu, 14 Feb 2002 10:52:42 +0000
      From: 
            Keith Sutherland 
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In message , Hilary 
Fisher  writes
>Evolutionary psychology, as a science, investigates what "is". The confusion
>seems to arise because what humans consider to be an "ought" is also an
>"is", one which is particularly relevant to evolutionary psychology.

EP is built on the darwinian insight that survival ("is") is selected 
for ("ought"). Although one can argue as to exactly what sort of 
teleology is implied, I don't see how the absolute is/ought dualism 
advocated by ethicists and philosophers is compatible with the EP 
paradigm.
-- 
Keith Sutherland