{"id":207965,"date":"2025-03-07T01:04:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T07:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/does-evolution-debunk-morality"},"modified":"2025-03-07T01:04:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T07:04:58","slug":"does-evolution-debunk-morality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/does-evolution-debunk-morality","title":{"rendered":"Does evolution DEBUNK morality?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lVXpLZPlmoU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Today Dr. Dan Korman and Noah McKay join me to discuss evolutionary debunking arguments. Can our moral beliefs survive skeptical threats?<\/p>\n<p>Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): \/ majestyofreason.<\/p>\n<p>If you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/paypalme\/josep\">https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/paypalme\/josep<\/a>\u2026 0:00 Intro 1:40 Debunking arguments 6:22 Three kinds of debunking arguments 14:43 Telic debunking argument 22:05 Explanationist pushback 38:51 Swampman pushback 59:51 New function pushback 1:16:45 Dan\u2019s favored approach 1:25:01 Concluding thoughts RESOURCES Dan\u2019s website (with his papers): <a href=\"https:\/\/danielzkorman.weebly.com\/\">https:\/\/danielzkorman.weebly.com\/<\/a> Noah\u2019s website (with his papers): <a href=\"https:\/\/noahdmckay.wordpress.com\/\">https:\/\/noahdmckay.wordpress.com\/<\/a> Dan\u2019s paper, \u201cDebunking Arguments\u201d, <a href=\"https:\/\/philarchive.org\/archive\/KORDA-2\">https:\/\/philarchive.org\/archive\/KORDA-2<\/a> Dan\u2019s paper, \u201cAn explanationist Account of Genealogical Defeat \u201d, <a href=\"https:\/\/philpapers.org\/rec\/KORAEA-4\">https:\/\/philpapers.org\/rec\/KORAEA-4<\/a> Noah\u2019s paper, \u201d Can Rational Reflection Save Moral Knowledge from Debunking?\u201d, <a href=\"https:\/\/philpapers.org\/rec\/MCKCRR\">https:\/\/philpapers.org\/rec\/MCKCRR<\/a> Noah\u2019s paper, \u201d Moral knowledge and the existence of God\u201d, <a href=\"https:\/\/philpapers.org\/rec\/MCKMKA\">https:\/\/philpapers.org\/rec\/MCKMKA<\/a> My Metaethics playlist: <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \u2022 Metaethics My Springer book: (a) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Existential-In?tag=lifeboatfound-20\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Existential-In?tag=lifeboatfound-20<\/a>\u2026 (b) <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.100\">https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.100<\/a>\u2026 THE USUAL\u2026 Follow the Majesty of Reason podcast! <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4Nda5uN\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4Nda5uN<\/a>\u2026 Join the Discord and chat all things philosophy! <a href=\"https:\/\/dsc.gg\/majestyofreason\">https:\/\/dsc.gg\/majestyofreason<\/a> My website: <a href=\"https:\/\/josephschmid.com\">https:\/\/josephschmid.com<\/a> My PhilPeople profile: <a href=\"https:\/\/philpeople.org\/profiles\/josep\">https:\/\/philpeople.org\/profiles\/josep<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>OUTLINE<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Intro.<br \/> 1:40 Debunking arguments.<br \/> 6:22 Three kinds of debunking arguments.<br \/> 14:43 Telic debunking argument.<br \/> 22:05 Explanationist pushback.<br \/> 38:51 Swampman pushback.<br \/> 59:51 New function pushback.<br \/> 1:16:45 Dan\u2019s favored approach.<br \/> 1:25:01 Concluding thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>RESOURCES.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/does-evolution-debunk-morality\">Continue reading \u201cDoes evolution DEBUNK morality?\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today Dr. Dan Korman and Noah McKay join me to discuss evolutionary debunking arguments. 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If you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/paypalme\/josep\u2026 0:00 Intro 1:40 Debunking arguments 6:22 Three kinds of debunking [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,385],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethics","category-evolution"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207965\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}