RE: Is it true that there is no absolute morality?
February 16, 2017 at 3:05 pm
(This post was last modified: February 16, 2017 at 3:11 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(February 16, 2017 at 2:59 pm)SteveII Wrote:Well, if those guys said, it, it's probably true., They had stuff to say about gods as well..probably true?(February 16, 2017 at 2:09 pm)Khemikal Wrote: I think that you're only describing how you would feel, if you stopped believing, Steve...not any logical conclusion of atheism.
Perhaps, but there are atheist philosophers who reason the same way Sarte, Camus, Nietzshche, Russel. You might be fine with no ultimate significance, meaning value, or purpose. Others find that depressing.
Quote:I am not trying to say that you are not happy with your belief--if you are, great. But it is obvious others struggle.I don't think that they struggle with their atheism. Russel, in your quoted portion..for example, appears to be struggling with death, the finality of it, and it's inexorable approach. He has difficulty finding meaning in that. He's not having any struggle regarding belief in gods. Try to understand what atheism is and isn't, yeah?
Quote:That breaks down the moment you encounter a culture with different values that you would consider 'deal-breakers'.Hardly, Neo and I both allow for the caveat that even though an objective morality may exist, that doesn't necessarily entail that anyone knows anything about it. "Deal breakers" would be an example of that, not a refutation.
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