(June 17, 2009 at 8:49 am)dagda Wrote: I think you are missing the point of the thread. You tell me your life philosophy and try and defend it. God does not really have to come into it at all.
As a moral relativist I can't really. I mean I can tell you they are but I can't really defend them terribly well (in an absolutist sense).
(June 17, 2009 at 8:49 am)dagda Wrote: Very intresting view Kyu. How do you calculate morals though? I mean abstract consepts like right and wrong are hardly scientific in that they are neither quantifiable or objective.
I don't really "calculate" them as such but I decide which ones are right or wrong sure. Personally I would say science play a big part in what I decide is right or wrong inasmuch as it informs me and so allows me to evaluate something (to give an example the atomic bomb is just a very big bang on the face of it but science tells me that there are longer lasting effects due to radioactivity and because of that I would generally say it's use in all but the most extreme circumstances is immoral) and because of evolution (generally in the scientific sphere) i.e. the evolution of consciousness, conscience and morality.
Kyu
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