(May 24, 2018 at 3:55 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: I said in my former post that I was pretty sure you didn't think things are morally wrong "just because God said so." We agree that morality is 100% objective. We also agree that morality can be understood through human reason. I reject that morality is subjective which is why I reject divine command theory. Divine command theory assumes that something can be wrong only if God says it is. Why is stealing wrong? Because God said so. Not because you are depriving someone of their hard-earned property--that's irrelevant. With divine command, it's subjective morality, but based on God's opinion. Thus divine command becomes incoherent without a deity. Natural law does not suffer from this limitation.
I wouldn't say "because God says so" is incorrect, I would say it is terribly incomplete and simplistic. Yes, God does say stealing is wrong. But why? He says it's wrong because of exactly as you said: you are depriving someone of their hard earned money. A human being has inherent human rights endowed to them by God (ie, by natural law). And by stealing something that belongs to them, you are violating their inherent right as a human being.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
