(November 21, 2017 at 11:45 am)alpha male Wrote:(November 21, 2017 at 11:36 am)vulcanlogician Wrote: Nobody gets strangled when you say "I don't know"
They could. People don't necessarily require absolute certainty in order to act.
Quote:so it is equally as good as "I absolutely know I should never strangle my daughter."
Also note that this implies you're absolutely sure that strangling the daughter is immoral.
You said it right there in your reply. "People don't necessarily require absolute certainty in order to act." Nor do they need absolute certainty in order to arrive at conclusions (ie. rape is wrong, daughter strangling is wrong etc.). I'm not ABSOLUTELY certain that daughter strangling is wrong, but I'm PRETTY DAMN SURE it's wrong.
Reason is a pretty good ethical guide IMO. Scripture is not nearly as good for the reasons I outlined in the OP.