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...having knowked down all opponentsto Darwinism, Dennett fails to make a strong casefor a Darwinian morality. maybe we aren't . justmachines for eating and reproducing; but where dowe go from there? Are we consigned to a sterilerelativism, or is some more normative ethicspossible? The title of the chapter "The MoralFirst Aid Manual" should give some indication:Dennett sees the process of moral reasoning asessentially chaotic and endless, and he valuesmoral rules simply as semi-arbitrary ways ofending a moral deliberation. He has no deepcommitment to any principle, but merely wants aresult, and it doesn't seem to much matter whatthat...
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