I think there is some kind of muddle occurring here.
I cited the material about directional evolution in response to the claim that: “Evolution does not have a direction.”
It was not to do with morality, it was to do with whether evolution is directional. I thought I made that pretty clear by quoting the specific point I was responding to.
Evolution is a gigantic optimization mechanism, a fitness maximizer. It operates in a relatively benign environment that permits cumulative evolution—thus the rather obvious evolutionary arrow.
I think there is some kind of muddle occurring here.
I cited the material about directional evolution in response to the claim that: “Evolution does not have a direction.”
It was not to do with morality, it was to do with whether evolution is directional. I thought I made that pretty clear by quoting the specific point I was responding to.
Evolution is a gigantic optimization mechanism, a fitness maximizer. It operates in a relatively benign environment that permits cumulative evolution—thus the rather obvious evolutionary arrow.