Moral Nihilism

[Sam]

But your warrant for making moral judgments is mere emotivism or societal convention, both of which are fungible. You cannot obligate anyone beyond yourself or those who agree with you to affirm that mass murder is immoral. The whole basis for the Nuremberg Trials is thus eliminated. Did we not have the moral right to try Nazi war criminals (even though their personal moral compass and that of their society's dictated that their actions were acceptable) by appealing to transcendent moral standards like Crimes Against Humanity?

Now I'm sorry to jump in late in the day here Charles, but I've been reading you thread with some interest and regretfully, disbelief ...

First you arrived here and asserted (without any supporting logic, let alone evidence) that atheists are all nihilists with no right to have an opinion on moral matter you further implied that your entire personal moral construct was a result of your religion which a) suggests your moral compass may be skewed on infanticide/just punishment b) suggest that without religion you would have no self control whatsoever.

The fact is that society as a whole (i.e. the global society) has an ingrained sense of right and wrong, that is why we experience tangible pain/sympathy when we see our hear of others suffering. We can obligate everyone in line with this global trend in ethic & morality ... that what international law is all about.

Sam