Appreciating Our Moral and Mental Development
This article begs for a Christian outcry. The quote below should prime your pump, but read the entire article. The author, Arnold Kling, is an economist that I appreciate, but he’s missed the mark here.
TCS Daily – Appreciating Our Moral and Mental Development
But perhaps the focus on scientific ideas still misses a key component of economic growth: improvements in the human species. As we get wealthier, we also become enhanced physically, cognitively, and morally, leading to a virtuous cycle of improvements to the standard of living. As the economy improves, human cognitive ability and moral reasoning improves, which helps markets to work better and makes the process of innovation more productive, leading to greater wealth, more mental and moral development, and so on.
Evolution at work? Every year or so, some enlightened sociologist or economist decides that the human race is getting more refined and less barbaric. Tell that to the Marines in Iraq, or to the starving population in parts of Africa! This nonsense sorely needs a Christian response.
Dave, quick to point to the ‘T’ in TULIP.
This proves it. Time travel is real. This man has traveled forward in time from “the age of the elightenment/age of rason” into our time.
My initial (non-Christian and non-charitible) response was – “What rock has this guy been living under!
I guess the Christina response (being polite) would first note that he has it partly right. God did, indeed make us with a tremendous “upside” potential. However, this really only works best, most fully, etc. when we’re in a positive, productive relationship with our maker. Without that you get — Bagdhad, Darfur, etc., etc.
The response could go on at great length, but that would be my “outline”.
Some day when I have a few spare hours, I’d like to hear you flesh out your ‘outline.’
What’s your take on how and when we human beans blew it and trashed our “upside” potential?
(Calvinist rant warning)
“What’s your take on how and when we human beans blew it and trashed our “upside” potential?”
As an engineer cum minister, I tend to be VERY, VERY emperical. The answer is one of the most important three word sets in the English langusge – I don’t know. The results are clearly observable. The answer to the situation (which you and I may talk about in different language trying to describe the it) has also been emperically verified for me by me.