[MD] Quick one: causation

[Platt Holden]

[Ron]
> Thats right Platt, survival of the survivors, those that survive are
> "best".
>  question: who is more moral the individual who dies for their
> intellectual ideals
> or the coward who hides and survives?
 
>From a long-term evolutionary point of view, hard to tell. The one who 
"hides" will also die, but so long as she survives may also contribute to 
intellectual progress. (I have in mind the MOQ position regarding capital 
punishment that I'm sure you're familiar with.)