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Moral standards
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Moral standards
In an atheist world, where do the standards by which moral actions are measured come from?
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RE: Moral standards
All people have moral standards in their roots.
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RE: Moral standards
You mean where do moral standards come from in this world? They "come from" people, where else?
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RE: Moral standards
(August 1, 2014 at 2:36 am)Baqal Wrote: All people have moral standards in their roots.

By "roots" you mean . . . ? They just know? Or from their family or how they were raised?

(August 1, 2014 at 2:37 am)Rhythm Wrote: You mean where do moral standards come from in this world? They "come from" people, where else?

So what happens when people disagree about something based on moral grounds?
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RE: Moral standards
(August 1, 2014 at 2:24 am)GodsRevolt Wrote: In an atheist world, where do the standards by which moral actions are measured come from?

Same place Theists do, from society.
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RE: Moral standards
@GodsRevolt
-By "roots" you mean . . . ? They just know? Or from their family or how they were raised?
Well, yes, environmental influence also takes in account. But I think all humans on Earth can come to a universal agreement about what's moral and what is not.
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RE: Moral standards
(August 1, 2014 at 2:46 am)GodsRevolt Wrote: So what happens when people disagree about something based on moral grounds?

Argument and evidence can be produced based on the reality we live in as to which moral stance produced the maximum benefit to conscious entities. It's exactly what you'd expect in a world without some unconnected law commander on high; a world where people don't get everything right immediately, but learn better moral values by reasoning them out.

A short look at our history shows that this is also the world we live in, surprisingly enough.
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RE: Moral standards
(August 1, 2014 at 3:05 am)Esquilax Wrote:
(August 1, 2014 at 2:46 am)GodsRevolt Wrote: So what happens when people disagree about something based on moral grounds?

Argument and evidence can be produced based on the reality we live in as to which moral stance produced the maximum benefit to conscious entities. It's exactly what you'd expect in a world without some unconnected law commander on high; a world where people don't get everything right immediately, but learn better moral values by reasoning them out.

A short look at our history shows that this is also the world we live in, surprisingly enough.

Maximum benefit?

Morality is based on the largest amount of gain? Such as killing one man to save a thousand?

What about killing one baby to save two elderly yet healthy people?

I think I am a bit leery of the the idea of "benefit" in morality.
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RE: Moral standards
Quote:So what happens when people disagree about something based on moral grounds?

Aunty Entity generally has us fight it out in the Thunderdome.

Honestly, when are your lot going to come up with an original question? This question has been answered about 10 000 times just on this forum. A quick perusal of atheist literature would have provided you with our position on morality and moral authority.

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RE: Moral standards
(August 1, 2014 at 2:53 am)Baqal Wrote: @GodsRevolt
-By "roots" you mean . . . ? They just know? Or from their family or how they were raised?
Well, yes, environmental influence also takes in account. But I think all humans on Earth can come to a universal agreement about what's moral and what is not.

What is the standard that they measure it by? Two people arguing a moral difficulty, what does the third person say, do, or show that ends the argument?

(August 1, 2014 at 2:52 am)Zen Badger Wrote:
(August 1, 2014 at 2:24 am)GodsRevolt Wrote: In an atheist world, where do the standards by which moral actions are measured come from?

Same place Theists do, from society.

If history had ended up differently and we all lived in a Nazi society, would that be moral society?
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