Agreed that unguided evolution might give us generally reliable cognitive faculties. However, there is no obvious story we can give for how our cognitive faculties would have access to moral facts (if they exist). Moral facts don’t interact with the world in a way that gives humans the way to ascertain them. They’re not like visual data where reflected/emitted photons can be picked up by our eyes. So it’s not clear how information about them would enter into our cognitive system?
I’d be interested if you have thoughts on a mechanism whereby information about moral facts could enter our cognitive systems?
Agreed that unguided evolution might give us generally reliable cognitive faculties. However, there is no obvious story we can give for how our cognitive faculties would have access to moral facts (if they exist). Moral facts don’t interact with the world in a way that gives humans the way to ascertain them. They’re not like visual data where reflected/emitted photons can be picked up by our eyes. So it’s not clear how information about them would enter into our cognitive system?
I’d be interested if you have thoughts on a mechanism whereby information about moral facts could enter our cognitive systems?