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Quote by: Morality Games  But humans do have a nature and values do have functions -- note that humans in general today live longer, healthier, and more active lives than our predecesors (think back to the morality of the peasantry in Medieval Times). It is true people get used to their values (after all, they work well enough to satisfy their wants), and are reluctant to give them up, but the naturalistic form of humankind suggests that, in general terms, there is a way of going about things that would contribute to overall well-being. | Only if you define well-being as longer life, health, etc. But that is a value judgment. That is the point. If you believe that is the right way to live then it become the right way to live. How do you say which consequences of a given life style are best? Longer life is only good if you believe it is good. Others may say it is not the length but the intensity (not quantity but quality). Regardless how do we judge which of these is the best without at some point say "I believe this is the best. Therefore..." and the other judgments follow.
"...all life is an experiment. Every year, if not every day, we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge." -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr |