RE: My views on objective morality
March 8, 2016 at 10:09 pm
(This post was last modified: March 8, 2016 at 10:11 pm by bennyboy.)
(March 8, 2016 at 9:16 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: No. He's saying I'm excusing rape. Which I am not. So no, not "exactly this" at all.
Your cousin, who you think is good, sees a child rape happening. Your cousin, being a big libertarian, allows the rape continue. People say, "Your cousin allows child rape, so he's bad." You say, "No, my cousin just believes in free will. Don't blame him."
Your husband, who is a police officer, and who you think is good, sees a child rape about to happen. Your husband says, "If this guy really rapes that kid, he is soooo going to jail, or maybe even getting the death penalty." So he stands by and allows the rape, smug in the knowledge that the pedophile is going to get what's coming to him. People say, "Your husband allows child rape, so he's bad." You say, "No, my husband had to let the crime happen in order to bring justice to the pedophile. Don't blame him."
Your God, who you think is good, sees all, definitely knows that a child rape is happening. People say, "Your God allows child rape, so he's bad." You say, "No, my God believes in free will, and anyway his ways are mysterious. Don't blame Him."
The common element here is that you are condemning none of these horrible people, and are in fact putting forward a moral defense for their actions. Maybe God DOES have a plan for raped babies, and maybe he doesn't. But he lets child rapes happen, and any moral system dependent on the idea that that COULD be okay is fucking retarded. And anyone who attempts to promote, defend, or support that system of thought is, at least implicitly, excusing child rape.
