The Syllogistic Form

It will soon be time to focus on the implications of my central premise. Before moving on, I would like to lay the core argument out as cleanly and briefly as possible. I believe that it can be framed as a logical deduction, leaving no viable alternative to my premise.

The argument:

• All evolved organisms, as well as their organ systems and subsystems, are tailored to propagate genes
• When an organism, organ system, or subsystem functions to propagate genes, it is functioning properly
• When an organism, organ system, or subsystem does not function to propagate genes, it is functioning improperly (it is disordered or diseased)
• Human beings are the product of evolution in the same sense as the first point
• Human moral faculties are subject to evolutionary pressures in the same sense as the first point
• Therefore, human moral faculties which promote genetic propagation are functioning correctly, and human moral faculties which suppress genetic propagation are functioning incorrectly