RE: Theists: how do you account for psychopaths?
May 22, 2018 at 11:07 pm
(This post was last modified: May 22, 2018 at 11:07 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
(May 22, 2018 at 10:08 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(May 22, 2018 at 8:52 pm)robvalue Wrote: Why does his plan involve some people being amoral?
I find the thought processes interesting.
Psychopaths don't have to be immoral. They have free will like everyone else.
Psychopaths have to be immoral. They have no free will like everyone else.
(May 22, 2018 at 10:15 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(May 22, 2018 at 7:33 pm)Hammy Wrote: She seems, to me, to be saying that morality comes from the natural world, but the natural world comes from God, therefore ultimately morality comes from God
Yes. If the natural world is just an accident without any sort of objective purpose or intention, there isn't much reason to think morality is grounded in anything greater. Which is why atheists typically don't think morality is objective, which makes sense.
I'm not kudosing this because I agree with it. I do not agree with it. I am kudosing it because I appreciate you stating your position clearly to me like this. Good post.
