Philidor has defined morality.
A traditionalist to his core, Buchanan despises policy intellectuals who would "define morality for all peoples for all times."
Well he'd be in good company on CiF where most contributors define morality for themselves and then sneer at God for not living 'up' to them.
The story asks questions about how society defines morality.
But to stay competitive, the party must recast its message, starting with how it defines morality.
Harris then makes a pragmatic case that science could usefully define "morality" according to such facts (about people's wellbeing).
Moral naturalists prefer to define "morality" in terms of observables, some even appealing to a science of morality.
Surely those who chose to define morality to suit their own vision were doomed.
They define morality as "a suite of interrelated other-regarding behaviors that cultivate and regulate complex interactions within social groups."