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Haha what!?!? I get cutoff by a cab or car or bus at least once or twice a month going to work. I'm also an impatient walker...

Hi Ursula,

I find Religious Naturalism very interesting and reminiscent of my own personal philosophies on nature and existence so I have two questions for you.

1. Why brand a science guided philosophy as "Religious"? There's a lot of connotations around that word that don't seem to fit what you describe and many belief systems that have disassociated from the word entirely.
2. And how does a nature guided ethics system work without conflicting "Survival of the fittest" or many of the other gruesome parts the natural world that encourage survival over empathy? I feel like the only way would be to pick and choose examples that fit the system?

Thank you for your time!

Yeah that's important to note, and actually that's what makes it an interesting example within the question of ethics. In keeping with that definition, "survival of the fittest" inherently lacks empathy by being bias towards individual interest and leans towards group success being a secondary outcome.

That being said, I was really just asking to gain insight into how ethics in religious naturalism works since it seems to be a prominent tenet.