RE: Evil
September 1, 2015 at 7:53 am
(This post was last modified: September 1, 2015 at 8:02 am by robvalue.)
This is the problem. Morality is not simple. Religion cops out by saying "God's expectation".
It's my opinion that we need to agree on a goal for morality, then build a value system based on that. But if we can't even agree on the goal, who gets to say what value is system is better?
Who gets to say one goal is better than another?
It just so happens that we do generally have vaguely the same goal in mind, as a result of evolution; thus the illusion of "objective morality". But there is no such thing, it makes no sense.
Things are further complicated by the fact that we don't have all the information and must rely on inferences and estimations; and these will always be debatable too.
It's my opinion that we need to agree on a goal for morality, then build a value system based on that. But if we can't even agree on the goal, who gets to say what value is system is better?
Who gets to say one goal is better than another?
It just so happens that we do generally have vaguely the same goal in mind, as a result of evolution; thus the illusion of "objective morality". But there is no such thing, it makes no sense.
Things are further complicated by the fact that we don't have all the information and must rely on inferences and estimations; and these will always be debatable too.
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