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Rosemary | 180 comments MadgeUK wrote: "I realise these ideas are controversial and that many believe that God is the author of moral law, a la C S Lewis but a significant number of scientists belief that morality is part of our evolutionary development, a development which we share with primates."

Somehow I don't see a conflict between those two beliefs.

But back to Jude, I've been struggling to read all of these posts and trace the line of thought.

Pig killing or no pig killing, he doesn't strike me as amoral at all. Quite the contrary. He agonizes over all of his moral choices, like marrying Arabella.

Can anyone point me back to the post number where the original "Jude-is-amoral" argument was made?


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