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Michael Ruse on Darwinian Morality

Taking Darwin Seriously: A Naturalistic Approach to Philosophy (Prometheus: 1998), p. 253.

The Darwinian argues that morality simply does not work (from a biological perspective), unless we believe that it is objective. Darwinian theory shows that, in fact, morality is a function of (subjective) feelings; but it shows also that we have (and must have) the illusion of objectivity.