Cultural Naturalism Report
Cultural Naturalism: A social philosophy based on naturalistic and rational cultural alternatives to religious tradition.
Has science reached a stage in its development that it must determine its own course? Is it possible that science can best provide a model society, one that is the most ethical and just? Is naturalistic thinking a practical solution to the dilemma of cultural conflict? Most important of all, how does naturalistic science address the fundamental questions that were once thought to lie exclusively in the realm of the metaphysical? Such issues will be tackled in the Cultural Naturalism Report, a web log that attempts to entwine scientific naturalism- an evidence based belief system, and the human culture that is the vehicle of all social behavior.
The main objective of the Cultural Naturalism movement is to create a conscious awareness of naturalistic reality and its moral and cultural implications. At the core of this movement is a belief that morality is naturalistic in origin. Although this is a very well supported position and an entire scientific discipline, sociobiology, is devoted to the study of human social behavior* from an evolutionary perspective, the implications of this understanding are not reflected in public policy decisions and are hardly discussed in the media in general. The Cultural Naturalism movement asserts that, because the scientific method provides the best understanding of the natural world, social policy and cultural development must be centered around naturalistic solutions to problems. New scientific developments will be explored in the context of Cultural Naturalism throughout subsequent posts. A significant portion of the blog will consist of posts debunking specific pseudo-scientific claims that are perpetuated by the commercial media.
*(note: Sociobiologists usually talk about behavior. However, from a naturalistic perspective, ethical behavior is a subset of all social behavior)
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