RE: Developing systems of morality, outside of religious influence.
March 9, 2018 at 8:09 am
(This post was last modified: March 9, 2018 at 8:12 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(March 9, 2018 at 8:02 am)SteveII Wrote: Doesn't this entire conversation presuppose free will?No.
Quote:How does a determinist justify a belief in moral values and duties?
The same ways anyone else does. As far as the relationship between faith and non-faith goes...this is an irrelevance, particularly in that many sects do not believe you have any "free will" when it comes to stopping all that damned sinning...or in some sects the eventual terminus of your every decision and the weight of ones soul.
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