(February 25, 2016 at 3:02 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Objective morality has been discussed many times on these forums, and many times by me. A lot of times I feel like I have a hard time trying to explain objective morality or why objective morality makes sense to me, which in turn helps make the existence of a god make sense to me. It isn't the only reason by far, but it is part of it.
You're having a hard time because it is hard to sell a circular argument to rational people.
Quote:I saw this short video today and thought Kreeft summed up all my thoughts in a way that I never felt I could accurately do.
I don't agree with the part where he says people "think they are atheists", but as for his explanation of morality, I couldn't have put it better myself.
https://www.prageru.com/courses/religion...-evil-come
Whether you agree or not, it's still an interesting issue to discuss.
What is interesting is to avoid pre-suppositionalism and look at societies as constructs of humans who evolved having both empathy and cruelty.
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
Science is not a subject, but a method.