Denis Diderot was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer. He was a prominent figure during the Enlightenment and is best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the...
For all those that feel philosophy and religion are 'sui generis', the winner with the lowest body count wins. Ethical systems prevail where the sanctity of human life is a fiction with a disastrous track record. Aristotle's contemplative ethics is a good place to start.
Our next step would be to look towards biology, let's take this conversation on Biology to the proximal wellspring of our individual consciousness, the bifurcating pleasure/pain dichotomy.
