But creatures that can communicate and cooperate are capable of converging over time on greater subjective well-being for most.
I’m not convinced of that. The act of trying to converge requires learning and exploring ideas. This creates new concepts and new understandings, and situates morality in a higher-dimensional space with more known consequences to consider, and enables more-complex social structures. All these things (judging from history) make morality more complex faster than they iron out the inconsistencies.
(I don’t understand the last sentence—is Amanda Knox supposed to be particularly virtuous?)
I’m not convinced of that. The act of trying to converge requires learning and exploring ideas. This creates new concepts and new understandings, and situates morality in a higher-dimensional space with more known consequences to consider, and enables more-complex social structures. All these things (judging from history) make morality more complex faster than they iron out the inconsistencies.
(I don’t understand the last sentence—is Amanda Knox supposed to be particularly virtuous?)
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