(October 2, 2018 at 12:59 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote:Hmm....I haven't been attempting to do so. What specific question do you think I am avoiding? I have given the reasons why we have the moral feelings we have. I have expressed why those moral feelings lead to a man beating his wife to be wrong. I have described why such moral feelings in no way imply the existence of a deity. And I have pointed out that this all is consistent with materialism.(October 2, 2018 at 12:48 pm)polymath257 Wrote: And for a non-social species, it might well be moral to force sex. But humans are a social species and that means we have certain rules of behavior to maintain the social cohesion. Those rules are *our* morality. We are also an intelligent social species, which means we like to make laws that are generalized and apply to everyone. That is based in a sense of fairness.
But, for example, it might well be moral for a race of intelligent spiders to eat their mates after sex. It is not for us.
You seem to be avoiding the question... oh well
What else are you wanting me to address?