(January 13, 2016 at 4:34 pm)Rhythm Wrote: The same way your government qualifies with it's 100$ bill.......
Which is why I made the distinction between the argument of extrinsic vs intrinsic. Others were correct to point out that my analogy was not a good one because the money's value is extrinsic.
A theist argues that humanity is imbued with intrinsic worth by their creator despite the values we ourselves place on humanity. I really don't see how from a purely naturalistic sense, humanity has any value or worth aside from that which it places on itself. But this curtails into moral arguments and one of the arguments I use in morality discussions with those that hold a naturalistic view. If worth/value is 100% subjective then no one has any grounds to condemn the moral actions of others without asserting their own moral authority since each is acting within their own subjective moral framework.
We are not made happy by what we acquire but by what we appreciate.
