The universe itself is a giant RPOP. It started from a low-complexity state (low entropy density at the big bang) and moves to higher-complexity states (higher entropy density aka the 2nd law of thermodynamics) as time advances.
Whilst ‘morality’ in the sense of ‘computing possible courses of action’ is in the mind, ‘morality’ in the sense of ‘terminal values’ is not. It is only using the latter definition of ‘morality’ (ie. as denoting ‘moral archetypes’ or ‘terminal values’) that I’m claiming that morality is objective.
The objective terminal values are built into the optimization pressure for the RPOP of the universe manifesting as the 2nd law of thermodynamics.
In short; different regions of the universe could not interact with each in a consistent way, unless there was an implicit notion of ‘beauty’ (least action, symmetry, simplicity) built-in. For example, a QM field force interaction between two particles can be re-interpreted as a ‘communication’ between the two particles, which implies one particle generates an internal ‘representation’ of the other particle. These internal representations are governed by the ‘least action’ principles, in which the objective terminal values are implicit.
The universe itself is a giant RPOP. It started from a low-complexity state (low entropy density at the big bang) and moves to higher-complexity states (higher entropy density aka the 2nd law of thermodynamics) as time advances.
Whilst ‘morality’ in the sense of ‘computing possible courses of action’ is in the mind, ‘morality’ in the sense of ‘terminal values’ is not. It is only using the latter definition of ‘morality’ (ie. as denoting ‘moral archetypes’ or ‘terminal values’) that I’m claiming that morality is objective.
The objective terminal values are built into the optimization pressure for the RPOP of the universe manifesting as the 2nd law of thermodynamics.
In short; different regions of the universe could not interact with each in a consistent way, unless there was an implicit notion of ‘beauty’ (least action, symmetry, simplicity) built-in. For example, a QM field force interaction between two particles can be re-interpreted as a ‘communication’ between the two particles, which implies one particle generates an internal ‘representation’ of the other particle. These internal representations are governed by the ‘least action’ principles, in which the objective terminal values are implicit.