RE: Absolutes and Atheism
June 17, 2023 at 9:27 pm
(This post was last modified: June 17, 2023 at 9:29 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(June 17, 2023 at 7:38 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote:(June 17, 2023 at 6:13 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Regardless of whether my interpretation of Nietzsche is correct, the question remains whether a commitment to atheism allows one to develop a philosophy that includes some absolutes. If so, what are they?
I don't believe in gods. I believe in all sorts of other things, including absolutes. That a moral standard is a standard by which all moral agents can be judged - for one.
I think that is a slippery redefinition of “absolutes”. Absolutes ought not to merely be a commitment to asserting something to be true under any circumstances. Absolutes ought to be demonstrably true under any circumstances.