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Originally Posted by peter12
I think that Darwinism struggles to provide intrinsic value in each human being.
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I agree with Textcritic, you have not shown this to be true.
I would say that Darwinism doesn't have the task of providing intrinsic value in each human being any more than chemistry or physics does; the necessary value placed in each human is determined by our social structure.
Our social structure is just as much a product of evolution as we are. We've evolved in such a way that our social structure is complex and deeply rooted, and necessary to our survival. It's major contributor to our overall success, so necessarily we have an intrinsic need to place significant value on the individual. So I could argue that evolution is the mechanism that placed that value in us in the first place, and things like morals and religions are byproducts; expressions of those inherent values.
I might be inclined to agree with you if "survival of the fittest" was the only understanding of evolution there was, but that's a really bad understanding of evolution.