They even have a 10-point advantage on "morality".
On the assumption, adopted above, that the presentation of Protagoras' social teaching in the dialogue is in essentials intended to be historically accurate, we must conclude that Protagoras recognised certain objective truths, not merely on questions of advantage, but in some fundamentals of morality, and consequently that his basic position was inconsistent.
If they failed to, there were some short-term remedies, but taking advantage of them was in the second rank of morality.
In contrast to mixed theories, deontologists who seek to keep their deontology pure hope to expand agent-relative reasons to cover all of morality and yet to mimic the advantages of consequentialism.
What must be pointed out about such a conception of morality, for our purposes, is that any advantage it has over the conception of morality as an impartial point of view presumably arises from the fact that the ideal observer is not completely defined in terms of impartiality.
It must not be forgotten that although a high standard of morality gives but a slight or no advantage to each individual man and his children over other men of the same tribe, yet that an increase in the number of well-endowed men and advancement in the standard of morality will certainly give an immense advantage to one tribe over another.
…although a high standard of morality gives but a slight or no advantage to each individual man and his children over the other men of the same tribe, yet that an increase in the number of well-endowed men and an advancement in the standard of morality will certainly give an immense advantage to one tribe over another.
Charles Darwin (1874 ), Descent of Man, p. 132 …although a high standard of morality gives but a slight or no advantage to each individual man and his children over the other men of the same tribe, yet that an increase in the number of well-endowed men and an advancement in the standard of morality will certainly give an immense advantage to one tribe over another.
Evidence from moral psychology undermines previous evolutionary theories of morality focused on cooperation.
One has to be alarmed by the lack of morality and vision of governments that seek to take advantage of ignorance and lack of sophistication to reap huge profits for the state and for shameless lawmakers.
Despite its advantages, naturalism has difficulty capturing well what people take to be the true nature of morality.
