(August 3, 2015 at 4:09 pm)Nope Wrote:(August 3, 2015 at 3:57 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Involuntary reactions (like blinking) would not have any moral significance. Instinct here applies to psychological motivators and inhibitors like self-preservation, sexual desire, parental protectiveness, deferring to authority, etc.
Like when you give your word to be faithful to someone and don't cheat even though you meet someone else who is your physical ideal?
That's a good example. A normal person feels guilty about breaking their word. Now one possible flaw of premise 1 is that often people feel guilty about things they shouldn't (like going through a stop light in the middle of Wyoming at 4 a.m.) while other people appear undisturbed by the most heinous deeds. If the divine is indeed the source of conscience then one could expect it to be a more reliable guide.