I apologize for the simplistic response: if we’re talking about a version of current Homo Sapiens, then they already have a perfectly functional meta-ethical system encoded into them. Otherwise they would not have evolved into humans. The quality of being human must necessarily include all the iterative development that got the creatures there.
I must therefore conclude that if I indeed have the power of God and felt the need to intervene in a disruptive manner to rewire the poor human’s ethical system, I must actually be the Devil… and any action taken along this path would therefor be inherently evil. Evil actors typically think they are Gods and cannot tell the difference.
Fair enough! I like the spirit of this answer, probably broadly agree, although makes me think “surely I’d want to modify some people’s moral beliefs”…
Of course you do. Me too! Humans are compelled by a need for mutual domestication. It’s what sustains our bonds and long-term survival. In many ways culture and society are a kind of marketplace of morality modification.
I apologize for the simplistic response: if we’re talking about a version of current Homo Sapiens, then they already have a perfectly functional meta-ethical system encoded into them. Otherwise they would not have evolved into humans. The quality of being human must necessarily include all the iterative development that got the creatures there.
I must therefore conclude that if I indeed have the power of God and felt the need to intervene in a disruptive manner to rewire the poor human’s ethical system, I must actually be the Devil… and any action taken along this path would therefor be inherently evil. Evil actors typically think they are Gods and cannot tell the difference.
Fair enough! I like the spirit of this answer, probably broadly agree, although makes me think “surely I’d want to modify some people’s moral beliefs”…
Of course you do. Me too! Humans are compelled by a need for mutual domestication. It’s what sustains our bonds and long-term survival. In many ways culture and society are a kind of marketplace of morality modification.