(June 24, 2013 at 5:42 pm)Rhythm Wrote: That's how morality seems to be decided, yup. Whether or not it -should be-....well......that's another story, aint it?
No, that’s not the way the vast majority of people would define morality at all, so I am going to have to see some sort of proof establishing that is the way it should be defined.
Quote:If it weren't, there would likely be fewer of us left to wonder. I think the question you want to ask is why -should it be-...that's where you have some traction. Unless, of course, the goal is continued survival..and then you have no traction.
No, I am asking him why that is the standard, why isn’t it individual survival, family survival, species survival, all life on Earth survival or any other standard? Nobody on here seems to be able to explain how they know any of this, they’ll assert it, but they never back it up with anything besides their own opinion. Morality, as a normative system, cannot be based upon mere opinion.
