(December 6, 2015 at 2:00 pm)Pizza Wrote:I think it does. Once and only if there is a god, a universal moral law can exist. That does not mean he has to interfere with humans or even the universe. It is highly unlikely, but nonetheless is it an option.(December 6, 2015 at 10:50 am)Sappho Wrote: If there is no god, then there is no universal moral law, which means morality can be reduced to a social construct coming from an evolutionary goal to protect the species, but nonetheless adapted to our modern society.False, if there is a god, it doesn't care about humans. Theism being true or false has nothing to do with the nature of morality. The world can be absurd with a god. This is coming from me of all people, a moral skeptic who has very low opinion of morality.
Quote:Why then do we call people bad when they break such a rule, other than they do something which is arbitrary forbidden by previous generation.Expression of approval and disapproval aiming to motivate other people to not do something or to stop something. Also most people are moral realists. I'm not but most people seem to be.
(for instance look at: cultural differences)
Assume I have no opinion here.
Sorry for not being clear about that, but I meant : on what ground can we judge and sentence people, what is the motivation for the punishment (to paid for what is done or just to remove from society) and what can such a punishment be?
whatever floats your goat
