RE: Does religion expose the shortcomings of empathy based moral systems
December 2, 2017 at 11:42 am
(This post was last modified: December 2, 2017 at 11:42 am by henryp.)
(December 2, 2017 at 11:25 am)Whateverist Wrote: But it is easier to find religious people overcoming their natural empathy because they have convinced themselves that their own inclinations are not to be trusted and that what is right/wrong or good/evil is an objective fact determined outside themselves, in the being of God.
Religious people are just people. They don't have some magical biological aspect that governs their behavior. The things that lead someone to believe in a God that doesn't exist, and choose to kill people in the fake God's name are just as natural as empathy.
They are the example of morality in a godless world that people who believe in God have been looking for.
The problem, is the notion exists in a space that nobody is interested in. God folks can't point to themselves as proof that morality in a godless world is shit. And most atheists won't point to them, because they are promoting the idea that empathy provides the moral foundation of a godless world. Both sides positions are undercut by the idea.
