There are universal, objective moral values

Con posed an interesting question, “Why is life (especially human) on this planet a morally good thing?”Con, like many others, is conflating the phrase, “a morally good thing,” with human side effects on nature which is an improper usage of the term morality. Morality is following social values that has been tried and tested throughout time benefiting the Unalienable Rights of others within a group, achieving group wide positive-feedback.All life is part of nature and maintains a footprint within the environment of its existence. In time, its existence may change the course of other life or may be the cause of its own extinction. This is part of evolution. Human life is a natural event and part of nature; otherwise, we will not be here. Humans may be the first specie to understand this relationship and the concept of evolution. There are symmetries throughout nature. For example, it is interesting to find a relationship when one morally follows a social value has the tendency in generating positive-feedback within a social group, to a similar relationship when one morally following the Laws of Nature has the tendency in generating positive-feedback throughout the human family. For example, man's age-old objective of learning to fly like a bird. Historically, man attempted to achieve this objective by attaching wings to his limbs. These attempts were unsuccessful because nature's Laws of Aerodynamics decree that such a mode of flight is impossible for man. However, the Wright Brothers followed the Laws of Aerodynamics when they invented the airplane. Their invention, along with many others, showed that man can achieve amazing things when he morally follows the Laws of Nature in his pursuit of Happiness, providing positive-feedback throughout the human family. With such understanding, the human family will have the natural tendency and the freedom to optimize the environment, working with the Laws of Nature, to improve the standard of living, and prolong human life in the pursuit of positive-feedback. Such positive-feedback is the fruits of technology, food production, and medicine, the stables of human existence throughout the world today. A compelling example of what happens when our Unalienable Rights are free to morally operate within the awesome machinery of nature. Therefore, the Laws of Nature are “universal, objective moral values” that created life and life is a good thing. As humanity discovers and morally follows those “valuable” Laws in Nature results in positive-feedback throughout the human family. In our modern age, understanding these “valuable” Laws in Nature became inseparable from human endeavor. For example, Con referenced some new research (http://www.iflscience.com...) pertaining to, “According to a new study, it's [human activities] 10 times worse than scientists previously thought with current extinction rates...” Con's reaction implies humanity is bad, reflecting Con's tone throughout this debate. On the other hand, Pro views this “new study” as a morally good activity for scientist to be concerned with our environment. Such research will develop new social values for humanity to morally follow, preserving the environment as humanity moves forward in evolution. Pro thanks Con for bringing forward an important topic on the debating floor. Pro is stressing a different way to view morality, within the context of the Laws of Nature. Viewing morality from such a vantage point will give academia an option, in a respectful way, treat morality from a scientific perspective, complementing, and expanding morality from the monopoly of faith base organizations. Viewing morality, in this context, is from an improved understanding of evolution: http://www.amazon.com...http://www.amazon.com... The symmetries of moral positive-feedback following social values and moral positive-feedback following the Laws of Nature, optimizes the human existence, as this human existence is a way for nature to see and experience itself. Con's life is a piece of nature experiencing itself, as life is a vacation from nonexistence. Like all vacations, they are too short. In closing Pro wishes Con a long, healthy and enjoyable “Life,” striving for freedom (“Liberty”), in the moral “pursuit of Happiness.”