RE: Religion is a poor source of morality
October 6, 2015 at 4:37 pm
(This post was last modified: October 6, 2015 at 4:37 pm by Mudhammam.)
(October 6, 2015 at 3:33 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: A while ago, you started a thread based on a recent survey of professional philosophers. Many seemed agreeable to some kind of Platonism. I go the sense that you we surprised by that level of acceptance in academia. That's all.Oh okay. Yeah, for sure, I did find that surprising - but I wouldn't say I felt dismay - I'm open to the idea that mathematics represents some sort of Platonic aspect of reality, though I don't know what the majority of (physicalist) philosophers take that to mean. I don't think the Good need be in that category for morality to be objective, Aristotle being one example, though I don't see any logical problems that would prevent that from being the case. That still doesn't make room for theism, and the Judeo-Christian concept of God in particular, however, as far as I can tell.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza