RE: Morality versus afterlife
February 1, 2016 at 1:13 pm
(This post was last modified: February 1, 2016 at 2:12 pm by robvalue.)
OK I see more that you discussed, apologies. Your second post was formatted weird and I missed some of it. I see words like "injustice". Again, according to who? If I call something an injustice and you don't, who is right?
You did say "the way we ought to behave". Ought to, according to who? This is no more clear. I see nothing in your post that isn't circular in nature.
To me, morality is a judgement of whether or not a person (or society) is acting in the best interests of the well-being of other people. Judgements are subjective, and well-being is subjective, even if we can roughly agree on some basic principles. Without someone to make a judgement, there is no "ought".
You did say "the way we ought to behave". Ought to, according to who? This is no more clear. I see nothing in your post that isn't circular in nature.
To me, morality is a judgement of whether or not a person (or society) is acting in the best interests of the well-being of other people. Judgements are subjective, and well-being is subjective, even if we can roughly agree on some basic principles. Without someone to make a judgement, there is no "ought".
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