RE: One sentence that throws the problem of evil out of the window.
November 7, 2017 at 3:09 pm
(This post was last modified: November 7, 2017 at 3:09 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(November 7, 2017 at 2:59 pm)Mathilda Wrote: It's a falsifiable hypothesis. It takes just one person to think that raping and torturing children is not necessarily evil to show that there is a difference of opinion and therefore is subjective. But you ignore any posts where people mention groups like Nambla, or any mention of a society that may enforce it (e.g. Sparta)·That demonstrates moral disagreement, not moral subjectivity. Moral disagreement would (and does) exist regardless of whether or not morality is subjective or objective. One has to acknowledge moral disagreement, ofc, but it's not a sufficient objection to moral objectivity.
The moral objectivist simply replies that..yes, there are people who disagree with this moral statement x, and they are wrong...and here's why.
(November 7, 2017 at 3:00 pm)Whateverist Wrote: You know, for me, it isn't really so much about the logical extension of the hypothetical existence of such a being, though I can see that is what bothers a lot of us. For me I just wince at the way exalting a literal god invariably goes hand in hand with devaluing our human potential. Witnessing self-abnegation makes me sad.
Brings to mind Hitchens', "maximum of servility and maximum of solipsism" comment.
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