Steven Forde kindly left a comment on a recent post devoted to
his conference paper.  He tantalizingly suggested that more may
be forthcoming.  To keep the matter at the forefront of the
blog, I will reply here.  It is true that "moral" behavior is
selected for, but I don't see in Darwinism how it's selected
because it's moral. If "immoral" behavior led to success, that
would be selected for instead. If you mean simply that whatever
serves the common good is moral, then bees are moral even though
they behave robotically. My point is simply that, to the extent
we serve the common good due to emotions that have evolved, we
are robotic too to that extent. Or are you arguing that bees
really are moral, even though robotic? There are two issues here
that need to be teased apart.  One is the question of what makes
a behavior genuinely moral.  The other involves the question of
determinism: if our moral behavior and emotions are selected
for, does that mean they are “robotic”.  Connected to this is
the question whet