(May 19, 2017 at 7:24 pm)Lutrinae Wrote: I figure it follows along the lines of ensuring no harm comes to another.
That really is all that is needed for a good starting point. Morality is really all about well being.
We all live in the same physical universe, with the same physical laws, with the same (more or less) brains and bodies.
I know for myself, I prefer life over death, health over disease, food over hunger, comfort over torture, freedom over slavery, etc.
From this, is is very easy to extrapolate, that the vast majority of my fellow humans, want the same.
What is needed to be moral, is to make as many decisions as possible that will, either; not harm the well being of others, help the well being of others, or be neutral to the well being of others.
In other words, all one has to do, is ask slaves if, their situation is good or bad for their well being.
That is a true moral system, that leads to a constantly improving morality. Religions do not have moral systems, they have edicts.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
