[MD] Theocracy, Secularism, and Democracy

[David Thomas]

On 8/15/10 11:42 AM, "Krimel" <Krimel at Krimel.com> wrote:

> Social behavior and collective action is a biological strategy. It arises
> from and serves biological success.
> 
While what you say is true I think that RMP is right that we need,
particularly at the metaphysical level, to make slices that are of the
greatest value to people's understanding of reality. Slicing social at
humans perpetuates the Christian myth that humans are divorced from animals.
But limiting the slice to mammals, for purely pragmatic reasons, allows us
to compare and contrast our social behavior to our closest evolutionary
relatives. It also allows the emergence of the intellect to be moved back in
time which I think is also valuable.

Dave