Rational Morality Quotes

“Like in physics, measurements and understanding about any given issue will cause us to be able to look at it as sets of facts and numbers, and thus make our decisions based on formulae in some way. Yet,”
― Robert Johnson, Rational Morality: a science of right and wrong

“Morality is not a trait that evolved solely in human beings. Altruism is a trait present in a variety of other species, and this shows it plays a vital role in the game of gene reproduction.”
― Robert Johnson, Rational Morality: a science of right and wrong

“if one is to analyse the content of the arguments on same sex marriage, there really isn’t a big debate to be had. Religious groups have no evidence for their own spiritual beliefs (being, as they are, personally posited truths), and yet the marriage ceremonies which they can perform have legal recognition (and legal benefits, in some places). However, they are being legally allowed to discriminate based on sexual orientation when it comes to performing these ceremonies, even though the law says that discrimination is illegal as a general matter.”
― Robert Johnson, Rational Morality: a science of right and wrong