The author cautiously states that there is always a chance that in the future evidence of supernatural origin of morality can be discovered but until then to fully understand morality, "one can look at the effects of culture, the influences of genes and parenting, and, yes, the parts of the brain that are active when people think good thoughts and do good things" (Bloom, 2014). Bloom refutes the view that morality is a product of higher intelligence and sides with Darwin and many contemporary biologist and psychologists in "using natural selection to ...

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1. The philosophes did not accept the scientific revolutionary notion that the laws of Nature express the will of God. The philosophes made it clear that God, revelation, Scripture, and all of the other ingredients of traditional Christianity were subjects of scorn. Scholars in many countries found...

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