RE: The Struggle to do Good
June 7, 2020 at 6:26 am
(This post was last modified: June 7, 2020 at 6:27 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(June 7, 2020 at 6:23 am)brokenreflector Wrote:(June 7, 2020 at 6:20 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Gods existence is not what makes a moral statement objective.
Without God there is no ontological basis for objective moral values and duties.
This may be an accurate description of your beliefs, but, if so...you are a moral subjectivist.
Quote:-and that's a subjectivists objection.Quote:"It is wrong to skullfuck your neighbor because it causes harm"
-is either true or false, based upon whether or not harm is caused
It's only your person-relative belief that something is wrong just because it causes harm.
Quote:As I already said, I would hope so. If we can pull it off, then gods should be able to pull it off.Quote:It remains a fact that moral objectivity is a question of whether moral statements are indepedent of a given subject
God's moral nature is independent of any subject's perception, so it is objective.
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