One person's thought process in choosing morality based on not harming another is not on the same scale as a god object who supposedly created the universe and mandated morals. I'm sure Matt never insinuated that he was replacing any type of god figure in that regard. Omitting to use a god figure does not necessarily mean the person omitting becomes that figure.
If you can not escape the Alpha Male Monkey model in your mind try to think of it in this way. Every last human being is only a part of that Alpha Male model which continuously evolves its own morality together as one being regulating itself. One part, one human being, can not possibly be this thing or have such a wide influence.
Re: Not quite right
Date: 2007-06-20 12:52 pm (UTC)If you can not escape the Alpha Male Monkey model in your mind try to think of it in this way. Every last human being is only a part of that Alpha Male model which continuously evolves its own morality together as one being regulating itself. One part, one human being, can not possibly be this thing or have such a wide influence.