RE: Atheism: The Case Against God - George H. Smith
September 15, 2019 at 1:33 pm
(This post was last modified: September 15, 2019 at 1:36 pm by GrandizerII.)
Up to the ethics section now but haven't finished it all yet. Makes a really good point for moral naturalism actually, whereby he clearly shows how moral oughts are objectively based on what is of value to man (using analogies in medicine and architecture) rather than what man subjectively values. In other words, there is the objective sense of value and there's the subjective sense of value.
That said, considering how he's starting to "fanboy" for Ayn Rand in this section, I'm a bit wary of what he's about to argue next in terms of the specific code of ethics (if he does argue for such), but as far as the moral philosophy itself goes broadly, I see no issue.
So far, my favorite in this book has been one of the prior sections where he contrasts faith with reason and thoroughly shows how unreliable faith is as a means to knowledge of God.
That said, considering how he's starting to "fanboy" for Ayn Rand in this section, I'm a bit wary of what he's about to argue next in terms of the specific code of ethics (if he does argue for such), but as far as the moral philosophy itself goes broadly, I see no issue.
So far, my favorite in this book has been one of the prior sections where he contrasts faith with reason and thoroughly shows how unreliable faith is as a means to knowledge of God.
