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Objective Morality?
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RE: Objective Morality?
(September 20, 2011 at 9:38 pm)lucent Wrote: You're speaking of moral objectivism. I'm speaking of moral absolutism. Objective morality is subject to change, absolute morality is not. For your edification:

Fair enough but it seems to me that objective morals would be absolute.

Quote:Subjective, or even objective morality, due to shifting values of right and wrong, can allow for something like the holocaust as being morally right. Even though it is evident that there is no situation in which the holocaust could be morally right. Meaning, the holocaust is absolutely wrong. Given that only a system of absolute morality could support that conclusion, and morality could not be absolute without God, this proves that God exists.

I've read many moral philosophies, from deontological to utilitarian, which could be used to make a convincing case that the holocaust was absolutely wrong. None of them rely on GodWillsIt.

Also, what evidence do you base your assertion on that absolute morality exists? Or if God exists, how do you know this god is moral?

Quote:Specifically, a moral creator who imposes His moral standard upon us.

Just to be clear on your moral philosophy, do you think Yahweh sets the rules for us, as a celestial lawgiver, based on his own whims? Or do you think Yahweh is a celestial arbiter, who is able to weigh out the issue and determine right and wrong?

In other words, is it good because Yahweh wills it? Or does Yahweh will it because it is good?
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Objective Morality? - by DeistPaladin - August 23, 2011 at 9:59 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by Captain Scarlet - August 23, 2011 at 10:22 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by theVOID - August 23, 2011 at 10:52 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by DeistPaladin - August 23, 2011 at 11:02 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by thesummerqueen - August 23, 2011 at 11:05 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by theVOID - August 23, 2011 at 11:14 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by Captain Scarlet - August 23, 2011 at 1:22 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by Cinjin - August 23, 2011 at 3:24 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by Captain Scarlet - August 23, 2011 at 5:36 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by IATIA - November 3, 2011 at 12:04 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by Godschild - November 3, 2011 at 3:47 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by Mister Agenda - November 3, 2011 at 4:13 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by IATIA - November 3, 2011 at 8:39 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by Godschild - November 3, 2011 at 11:45 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by theVOID - August 23, 2011 at 10:59 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by Cinjin - August 24, 2011 at 12:12 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by Captain Scarlet - August 24, 2011 at 1:55 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by theVOID - August 24, 2011 at 5:06 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by twocompulsive - August 24, 2011 at 2:01 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by Captain Scarlet - August 24, 2011 at 10:46 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by theVOID - August 24, 2011 at 9:10 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by Cinjin - August 24, 2011 at 11:35 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by kswheels - August 24, 2011 at 6:09 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by theVOID - August 24, 2011 at 8:40 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by Minimalist - August 24, 2011 at 9:09 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by The Grand Nudger - August 24, 2011 at 10:11 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by theVOID - August 25, 2011 at 3:20 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by Captain Scarlet - August 25, 2011 at 5:56 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by The Grand Nudger - August 25, 2011 at 8:36 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by DeistPaladin - August 25, 2011 at 10:18 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by The Grand Nudger - August 25, 2011 at 10:22 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by Cinjin - August 25, 2011 at 2:57 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by Faith No More - August 25, 2011 at 10:38 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by DeistPaladin - August 25, 2011 at 10:46 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by The Grand Nudger - August 25, 2011 at 10:49 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by The Grand Nudger - August 25, 2011 at 3:05 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by StatCrux - September 9, 2011 at 8:51 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by Captain Scarlet - September 9, 2011 at 10:50 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by lucent - September 20, 2011 at 7:30 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by Zen Badger - September 20, 2011 at 8:04 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by lucent - September 20, 2011 at 8:22 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by Zen Badger - September 20, 2011 at 8:29 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by DeistPaladin - September 20, 2011 at 11:54 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by Cinjin - September 20, 2011 at 7:42 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by lucent - September 20, 2011 at 9:38 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by DeistPaladin - September 20, 2011 at 11:12 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by lucent - September 21, 2011 at 4:04 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by Zen Badger - September 21, 2011 at 10:00 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by lucent - September 21, 2011 at 5:08 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by Zen Badger - September 22, 2011 at 6:43 am
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RE: Objective Morality? - by Zen Badger - September 22, 2011 at 8:00 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by leo-rcc - September 22, 2011 at 9:34 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by lucent - September 23, 2011 at 6:35 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by Zen Badger - September 20, 2011 at 9:34 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by padraic - September 20, 2011 at 10:15 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by downbeatplumb - September 21, 2011 at 2:17 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by The Grand Nudger - September 21, 2011 at 6:04 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by lucent - September 21, 2011 at 8:01 pm
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RE: Objective Morality? - by Statler Waldorf - September 23, 2011 at 6:51 pm
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RE: Objective Morality? - by The Grand Nudger - September 23, 2011 at 8:14 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by DeistPaladin - September 23, 2011 at 9:47 pm
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RE: Objective Morality? - by lucent - September 26, 2011 at 8:25 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by Darwinian - September 26, 2011 at 8:29 pm
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RE: Objective Morality? - by Darwinian - September 26, 2011 at 8:39 pm
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RE: Objective Morality? - by DeistPaladin - September 26, 2011 at 9:12 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by Statler Waldorf - September 26, 2011 at 9:34 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by DeistPaladin - September 26, 2011 at 9:47 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by lucent - September 26, 2011 at 11:21 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by DeistPaladin - September 26, 2011 at 11:40 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by lucent - September 27, 2011 at 12:39 am
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RE: Objective Morality? - by Minimalist - September 26, 2011 at 11:29 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by Minimalist - September 26, 2011 at 11:50 pm
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RE: Objective Morality? - by lucent - September 27, 2011 at 1:49 am
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RE: Objective Morality? - by lucent - September 27, 2011 at 3:55 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by Zen Badger - September 27, 2011 at 7:39 am
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RE: Objective Morality? - by Statler Waldorf - October 6, 2011 at 3:28 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by DeistPaladin - October 6, 2011 at 8:23 am
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RE: Objective Morality? - by Statler Waldorf - October 6, 2011 at 4:28 pm
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RE: Objective Morality? - by The Grand Nudger - November 1, 2011 at 5:25 pm
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RE: Objective Morality? - by Captain Scarlet - November 4, 2011 at 7:36 am
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RE: Objective Morality? - by The Grand Nudger - November 3, 2011 at 8:51 am
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RE: Objective Morality? - by 5thHorseman - November 3, 2011 at 3:51 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by Statler Waldorf - November 3, 2011 at 5:56 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by DeistPaladin - November 3, 2011 at 9:05 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by Captain Scarlet - November 4, 2011 at 12:06 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by Mister Agenda - November 4, 2011 at 2:50 pm
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RE: Objective Morality? - by Godschild - November 4, 2011 at 3:45 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by Mister Agenda - November 4, 2011 at 6:12 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by IATIA - November 4, 2011 at 6:57 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by Godschild - November 5, 2011 at 3:51 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by Mister Agenda - November 8, 2011 at 2:52 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by Captain Scarlet - November 4, 2011 at 10:47 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by DeistPaladin - November 4, 2011 at 1:11 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by Captain Scarlet - November 4, 2011 at 2:03 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by 5thHorseman - November 4, 2011 at 1:17 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by DeistPaladin - November 4, 2011 at 1:28 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by Statler Waldorf - November 4, 2011 at 7:13 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by DeistPaladin - November 4, 2011 at 8:06 pm
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RE: Objective Morality? - by Captain Scarlet - November 4, 2011 at 11:48 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by IATIA - November 5, 2011 at 10:42 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by DeistPaladin - November 6, 2011 at 12:33 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by Godschild - November 6, 2011 at 1:25 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by DeistPaladin - November 6, 2011 at 1:52 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by Godschild - November 6, 2011 at 2:45 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by IATIA - November 6, 2011 at 3:39 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by Godschild - November 7, 2011 at 2:59 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by IATIA - November 9, 2011 at 8:52 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by padraic - November 6, 2011 at 7:03 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by Statler Waldorf - November 7, 2011 at 8:49 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by Captain Scarlet - November 8, 2011 at 1:55 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by The Grand Nudger - November 8, 2011 at 3:23 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by Statler Waldorf - November 8, 2011 at 7:44 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by Captain Scarlet - November 9, 2011 at 2:36 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by Statler Waldorf - November 9, 2011 at 8:13 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by Captain Scarlet - November 10, 2011 at 3:26 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by Statler Waldorf - November 10, 2011 at 4:51 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by The Grand Nudger - November 9, 2011 at 9:14 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by Statler Waldorf - November 9, 2011 at 9:17 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by The Grand Nudger - November 9, 2011 at 9:20 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by Statler Waldorf - November 9, 2011 at 9:43 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by The Grand Nudger - November 9, 2011 at 9:46 pm
RE: Objective Morality? - by padraic - November 10, 2011 at 5:02 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by The Grand Nudger - November 10, 2011 at 11:11 am
RE: Objective Morality? - by Captain Scarlet - November 11, 2011 at 9:47 am
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