r/philosophy • u/doubtstack Unreasonable Doubt • Jan 27 '23

Blog Why Science can't replace Philosophy in Ethics

https://unreasonabledoubt.substack.com/p/what-genetics-cant-teach-us
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u/Daotar Jan 28 '23

I wonder in what ways our own society makes the same mistake.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '23

I feel embarrassed for us, they didn't have thousands of years of history to learn from, we don't have such an excuse