
Consciousness, Evolution, and Morality with Robert Wright
The Moral Science Podcast
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The Tension Between Evolution and Consciousness
In principle, all behavior must be a product of in some sense genes interacting with environment according to rules in the genes. In that world, my book might be different because I wouldn't dwell on the moral stuff so much as it just wouldn't matter so much. Even if that's true, once you have self reflection and language, then consciousness does start to influence things.
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