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Conscience and the Moral Argument as Evidence for the Goodness of God.
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RE: Conscience and the Moral Argument as Evidence for the Goodness of God.
(June 14, 2023 at 3:20 am)Belacqua Wrote:
(June 14, 2023 at 3:00 am)Peebothuhlu Wrote: IF 'Morals' are an emergent property, then the whole 'Is/Ought' thing simply goes out the window. No need for it.

Morals become similar to chemistry. Morals 'Just are'.

Tell me, good Nishant Xavier, do you 'Choose' to be conscious?

Again, you're confusing the 'Thing' for its attributes.

A car is a 'Thing'. How fast it goes is an emergent property.

'Water' is a 'Thing'. How 'Wet' it is, is an emergent property.

Similarly, an/a Hominid is a 'Thing'. How moral it is is an emergent property.

Cheers.


Emergent properties are real. 

For example, if we agree that consciousness is an emergent property of brain activity, that doesn't mean that consciousness doesn't really exist. It does. 

Therefore, even if morality is an emergent property, it may still be a real thing. Not some sort of illusion.

The car is a thing. How fast it goes may be an emergent property. Standing in front of the car while it's going fast will teach you that the speed has real-world effects.

Hello Bell.

Thank you for supporting my post(s).

You're pretty much agreeing with my ideas. Thanks and cheers.

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RE: Conscience and the Moral Argument as Evidence for the Goodness of God. - by Peebothuhlu - June 14, 2023 at 3:27 am

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