RE: Where do atheists get their morality from?
September 6, 2012 at 12:42 pm
(This post was last modified: September 6, 2012 at 12:45 pm by Vincenzo Vinny G..)
Now that being said, I'd like to add that just appealing to God or objectivity doesn't automatically make you better. That's when we actually examine the concept of God being used, and whether it actually is moral.
That's where the theist is going to struggle. If you've been to philosophy of religion conferences, you know how atheists and anti-theists are often welcome to present papers, as are theists. And they bring formidable objections to the idea of a moral God. But on the other side, there are some sophisticated and ingenious defenses of "divine morality" as well (I'm looking at you, Eleonore Stump. You and your cutesy voice), and these defenses stand to serious rational, intellectual, philosophical scrutiny.
The only thing it can't stand up to is personal insults and ad hominem attacks.
That's where the theist is going to struggle. If you've been to philosophy of religion conferences, you know how atheists and anti-theists are often welcome to present papers, as are theists. And they bring formidable objections to the idea of a moral God. But on the other side, there are some sophisticated and ingenious defenses of "divine morality" as well (I'm looking at you, Eleonore Stump. You and your cutesy voice), and these defenses stand to serious rational, intellectual, philosophical scrutiny.
The only thing it can't stand up to is personal insults and ad hominem attacks.