(June 17, 2023 at 6:29 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: It does. Hell, the Golden Rule can be a good example.
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Note that three of the religions in the right-hand column don't even really have deities. It's so universally known not because it's some ancient command from a Deity. It's simply because it's an intuitive cornerstone of thought just for living in a society with other people.
I think this takes us right back to the topic of moral realism, which we were discussing the other day. Some people do hold that moral assertions can be true or absolute, while others (e.g. Astreja) hold that they are always at best widespread opinions.
The question then is whether "intuitive cornerstones" are in fact absolutes, or only things that are widely held. Anti-realists would say that even if 100% of people in a given society agree with something, it may still be wrong. Or not even wrong -- just a preference, like strawberry being better than chocolate.
