Summary Of Dr Thomas Oord

812 Words2 Pages
bulb-icon

Recommended: Good contrasted with evil

What I learnt and appreciated from the conference was the talk by Dr. Thomas Oord, “Does evolution make morality an illusion”. Dr. Oord starts stating that the sense of right and wrong is linked to God and that God is the creator of the universe. In the bible the story of Adam and Eve represents God telling man to something that man disobeyed. When God created the universe, he created Adam and Eve and from a specific tree in the garden and man was disobeyed Gods orders and ate the fruits from the tree and God punished man. God is the ground foundation of good and evil for example in the Ten Commandments man is instructed to live in a certain way because God wants us to obey his orders.
According to modern evolutionary synthesis, evolutionary variation occurs largely through genetic mutations which helps some organism more fit to thrive. An organism is …show more content…

Humans are programmed machines to do everything in its power to produce copies of genes which live inside us. Group selection are groups with altruist out complete on groups of agonists. Group selection theory explains why some individuals act self-sacrificially for those whom they are closely related genetically. The problem with group selection does not support universal love but instead it supports in-group and out group altruism. The Christian ways of practice morality is equal to one of the greatest commandment “love thy neighbour”. Many people do not need God to perform adequate need for morality for example atheist are believe in evolutionary and that they don’t need God to show morality.
There are various problems of evil for example if God is able to do absolutely anything ,God would be able to prevent any genuine evil occurrence for example the forever un ending war that happening today where by human are

Show More
Related

  • Forkbeaks Case Study

    405 Words  | 1 Pages

    With more genetic variation, there are more “options” to be selected for. A lot of variation makes it so a species can become best adapted for an environment.

    Read More

  • Comparing Iago from Othello and Voldemort from Harry Potter

    907 Words  | 2 Pages

    There are two kinds of evil, moral and natural. Moral evil is things like murder, rape, stealing, terrorism, etc. Natural evil is things like suffering and unpleasantness typically as a result of moral evil. Evil is that which has no power of its own. Evil is darkness, a negation of light. Its power is in us, in our fear of it, in that we consider it a "something" worth responding to.

    Read More

  • The Problem of Evil in the Judeo-Christian Tradition Depicted in Hicks' Philosophy of Religion

    979 Words  | 2 Pages

    It appears that the problem of evil is a substantial one. While arguments exist that can challenge assumptions of the problem, it sometimes requires some definition contorting and does not answer all the challenges evil presents. The greater good defense presents some key insights into how we must perceive God’s actions but does not completely defend against the presented problems of evil. Therefore, a more plausible defense is needed to eliminate the problems evil creates with the Judeo-Christian concept of God.

    Read More

  • Comparing God, Evil, And Suffering

    715 Words  | 2 Pages

    Suppose he had a reason to permit evil, a reason that was compatible with his never doing wrong and his being perfect in love, what I 'll call a justifying reason. For example, suppose that if he prevented evil completely, then we would miss out on a greater good, a good whose goodness was so great that it far surpassed the badness of evil. In that case, he might not prevent evil as far as he can, for he would have a justifying reason to permit it” (5). Even if God had a reason to allow evil, he who is all loving and powerful would want the least amount of people to suffer and feel pain. Since God knows what is going to happen before it actually happens, would he not be morally obligated to stop people from doing something evil to others, or preventing suffering by those who have been hurt by evil?

    Read More

  • Subjectivity Vs. Objectivity Morality

    1214 Words  | 3 Pages

    Well now that you understand what comes from subjective morality, let's look into objective. Objective morality is the view on life that there are rules in regards to morality, about a person's behavior. There are 2 ways you can come about these moral rules; religiously or scientifically. Let's first look at morals from a religious point of view. More specifically Christianity. The purpose of Christianity is to follow the teachings of Jesus, and obey what He says. Within this belief system God is ultimately good. And to be good you must become more like God. What are Gods attributes? Goodness, righteous hate, justice, knowledge, love, rationality, mercy, speech, truthfulness, and wisdom. We can see that if a person did these things we have a perfectly good person. Let's now take a step back. Addressing what evolution, and science has to say about objective morality. The ironic thing is one of the things evolutionists and Christians can agree on. That morality isn't subjective. As for the moment there is a developing theory on humans containing a moral gene. Previously within evolution it was always assumed parents and religious practices taught right from wrong. This was more of a subjective view. As of the last decade or so there has been new developments on digging deeper into where truly morality comes from. There have been multiple primatologists and biologists supposing a theory that morals have originated from our ancestors, and have been evolving over time. Do to the social behaviors of apes and other species. The apes showing empathy, and having essential mammal group behaviors. It translates into simplistic moral behaviors of apes. Nicholas Wade, a writer on psychological maters for The New York Times, spoke on such matters "Marc D. Hauser, a Harvard biologist, has built on this idea to propose that people are born with a moral grammar wired into their neural circuits by evolution." Wade

    Read More

  • Why Darwinism Is Just A Theory?

    854 Words  | 2 Pages

    Evolution in general, is a hard concept to grasp. There are multiple factors that effect the outcome a species, for example: genetics, nurture, nature, and the environment all play an important role. It was once said that species do not survive due to the fact that they are the strongest or the most intelligent, but because that species is the most responsive to change.

    Read More

  • Evolution: Mutation, Natural Selection, Genetic Drift and Gene Flow

    758 Words  | 2 Pages

    However, mutation is random in the evolution, and provides raw material for natural selection, genetic drift, and gene flow to work on.... ... middle of paper ... ... Evolution is an ongoing process and the evolution is made up of many different processes. It allows species to become what they are, how they act, and what they will become.

    Read More

  • Humanity And Society: The Importance Of Morality

    1337 Words  | 3 Pages

    Morality binds people into groups. It gives us tribalism; it gives us genocide, war, and politics. But it also gives us heroism, altruism, and sainthood (“Jonathan Haidt Quotes.”). This quote sums the importance of morality perfectly. Even though morality may not be beneficial when the lives of the many out way the lives of the few or if it endangers your own well-being, we have an obligation to understand the morality of different people whether it’s socially, culturally, or religiously. When we fail to take into account these difference we breed conflict and eventually war.

    Read More

  • Moral Realism

    2633 Words  | 6 Pages

    Taking this to be true, Kaufman argues that there is every reason to believe that on the whole our moral judgments will tend to be true. Furthermore, when we take the moral realist’s argument that morality has a deep connection with human flourishing, there are evolutionary reasons, Kaufman believes, for believing that there is a connection between moral judgments and actions that for the most part promote our well being.

    Read More

  • Genesis: Shaping Christian Worldviews

    847 Words  | 2 Pages

    In the beginning, God created a perfect world without sin, pain, or agony. God created this world so some of His creation would have a home and a place to serve him. However, this model of a flawless utopia became corrupted very quickly. God’s prized creation, humans, disobeyed the only command that their Father had set in place: not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Adam and

    Read More

  • Analysis: Beak Of The Finch

    1457 Words  | 3 Pages

    4. The study of variation is important to evolutionary biology because every little thing counts no matter how slow the world changes and the news help biologists determine more knowledge that can help make the world more understanding.

    Read More

  • On Free Choice of the Will

    1445 Words  | 3 Pages

    God is the source of evil. He created natural evil, and gave humans the ability to do moral evil by giving them a free will. However, had he not given people free will, then their actions would not be good or evil; nor could God reward or punish man for his actions since they had no choice in what to do. Therefore, by giving humans choice and free will, God allowed humanity to decide whether to reward themselves with temporary physical goods, and suffer in the long run from unhappiness, or forsake bodily pleasures for eternal happiness.

    Read More

  • Good And Evil In John Milton's Paradise Lost

    1306 Words  | 3 Pages

    more than evil is capable of what seems to be good. More often in the story, God

    Read More

  • Essay On Morality Is The Individual Free Will

    966 Words  | 2 Pages

    For years, the matter of morality has been a widespread topic of discussion, debating whether it is a product of our chemical composition or our free will. Before I get started, I will provide you with what I believe morality exactly is. Ethics is a “code of conduct,” much like a University’s student handbook, but applied to the expected morality of a larger group or society. Morals are how individuals choose to interpret and follow such code. Just as a student may not always act in complete obedience with the student handbook, humans also deviate from their ethical codes of conduct. Therefore, morals are the set of a person’s specific values and opinions formed by their interpretation of their society’s code of ethics. With this version of the meaning of morality, I believe that individual free-will and the neurological hardwiring in which we are born with both significantly influence the development of our mature human morality due to a variety of factors including: human brain development, differences in our upbringing and education, which give rise to disparities in matters such as what is considered right or wrong, decision-making processes, and our ultimate behavioral choices, and lastly, because morality cannot exist if based solely on human nature, it must also involve our own self-determination. My position that morality is not the product of one side of the debate or the other, but rather arises through the integration of both components, allows for a complete demonstration of morality in its entirety. In this system, the ambiguities present in the one-sided arguments are removed, making it easy to link any individual’s action to their personal moral accountability.

    Read More

  • The Process of Evolution

    980 Words  | 2 Pages

    Another mechanism is a hereditable type of evolution is mutations. Mutations are alterations to a gene. Mutation can be harmful, beneficial or neutral. Mutations are the origin of the source of genetic diversity (9).Mutation that are harmful, hinders the chances of the organism chances of survival and are likely to die along with the mutations. Beneficial mutations increase the chances of the individual to survive in its environment, and they will be more likely to reproduce and pass on the gene to future generations (9).

    Read More

More about Summary Of Dr Thomas Oord

Open Document