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morality is subjective and people don't have free will
RE: morality is subjective and people don't have free will
(May 19, 2017 at 6:33 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote:
(May 19, 2017 at 5:43 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Sounds pragmatic but not principled. I guess if everyone comes to think female genital mutilation is okay then it will be. Today slavery is wrong but it was okay in the 17th century. And exactly how does one define the collective response? Is 51% sufficient to determine if something is moral?

Your principles hopefully lie in your gut rather than an ancient book.  Where would you suggest we get our principles from?

Guess we'll never know where Neo gets his vaunted 'principles' from.

*crickets-chirping*
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RE: morality is subjective and people don't have free will - by Angrboda - May 22, 2017 at 10:33 am

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