(March 2, 2018 at 1:34 am)stretch3172 Wrote: For your first question, there are two possible answers: (1) the standard is good because God adheres to it, or (2) God adheres to it because it is good. This is the famous "Euthryphro question" as given by Plato. There are good arguments for either case, but the main point is that said moral standard is in fact good, and as such we should hold to it.
Right, so what's the problem again with saying "a standard is [objectively] good because it promotes human well-being or human flourishing or whatever"? And what's unique about God that objective morality must be related to him in any way? I'm still not seeing the need for a grounding in the divine for any form of objective morality.
Quote:This fits well into your second question. I would agree with your decision for the simple reason that outright murder is forbidden by God (cf. Rom 13:9). I would consider the consequence of the other patients' deaths as a horrible, unintentional effect from my correct decision to avoid committing murder.
You're seriously going to reference the Bible for your morality? That's one very questionable source to get all your morality answers from. It's the same Bible in which murder is commanded by God. I'm not sure "outright murder is forbidden by God" sounds right.
