Relative Morality
October 16, 2010 at 11:08 pm
(This post was last modified: October 16, 2010 at 11:08 pm by FadingW.)
It is claimed that secular society denigrates objective morality while espousing an idea of relative morality where there is no overriding moral standard.
However, curiously, christianity itself may rely on relative morality.
If it is immoral for a people to go into a foreign land, conduct genocide on it's inhabitants, confiscate their property, rape their women ... is it moral if 'god' commands it?
To say that 'god' is the ultimate moral standard, and thus is always right, makes no more sense than picking any arbitrary being to be an ultimate moral standard.
Moreover, if it is claimed that moral right is defined by 'god' because he is 'god', then this is not different than Right By Might, an utterly detestable view in my opinion.
Can we say that an objective morality can be found in human empathy, to not do towards others that which we ourselves would find harmful?
However, curiously, christianity itself may rely on relative morality.
If it is immoral for a people to go into a foreign land, conduct genocide on it's inhabitants, confiscate their property, rape their women ... is it moral if 'god' commands it?
To say that 'god' is the ultimate moral standard, and thus is always right, makes no more sense than picking any arbitrary being to be an ultimate moral standard.
Moreover, if it is claimed that moral right is defined by 'god' because he is 'god', then this is not different than Right By Might, an utterly detestable view in my opinion.
Can we say that an objective morality can be found in human empathy, to not do towards others that which we ourselves would find harmful?
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