RE: Evil
September 11, 2015 at 1:58 pm
(This post was last modified: September 11, 2015 at 2:00 pm by Mudhammam.)
(September 11, 2015 at 3:08 am)robvalue Wrote: Nestor: Thanks for the replySorry if my reply was muddled. I was super tired when I typed it up last night - eyelids felt like paper - and a little high. I see that it was needlessly wordy, even for me. Anyway, it's a difficult subject if only because those who HAVE affirmed belief in objective goodness have disagreed over what actions or brain states come closest to approaching it: does it involve health or wealth? Physical and mental tranquility? Is it a peace of mind that transcends external circumstances? Hedonistic pleasure? A combination of all these? Happiness? Do intentions and consequences possess equal importance in judging action? Is the Good and what we measure by it none of the above, but something related albeit unknown?
I'm afraid I can't understand your reasoning at all. I really must do my morality video, when I finally get the energy! I'll try and address every aspect when I do so.
If there are right or wrong answers to these questions i.e. any aim in such a discussion, then morality is objective.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza