RE: Religion is a poor source of morality
October 9, 2015 at 9:59 am
(This post was last modified: October 9, 2015 at 10:00 am by robvalue.)
Yeah, good one.
Obviously, religious objective morality is bullshit. My problem is that all my objections to religious objective morality still apply to any system which claims to do the same thing. I want to know how this system is different, and I can't do that without an example. Sam Harris in the video brought up objections to his own arguments and then basically hand waved them away without explanation, in my opinion. But we'll see
I'm ready to get stuck in! This objective morality is seemingly as elusive as a god, in that I still don't even know what it is.
Obviously, religious objective morality is bullshit. My problem is that all my objections to religious objective morality still apply to any system which claims to do the same thing. I want to know how this system is different, and I can't do that without an example. Sam Harris in the video brought up objections to his own arguments and then basically hand waved them away without explanation, in my opinion. But we'll see

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