(December 18, 2011 at 3:08 pm)amkerman Wrote: A belief that some things are inherently good or bad, that there is purpose, value, meaning, or any objective reality aty all outside of human perception, necessitates faith. There is absolutely no empirical evidence that murder is "bad".
Unless, of course, one was to murder unbelievers, because that is totally fine.
In all seriousness, you've hit the nail on the head. I do not consider murder to be objectively or intrinsically bad. Not that it's not bad, just that it being so is not a property of reality; murder is bad in my opinion.
(December 18, 2011 at 3:08 pm)amkerman Wrote: Value judgements are only possible through observation of a conscious entity.
Yup. That's what I said; in my opinion.
(December 18, 2011 at 3:08 pm)amkerman Wrote: A belief that value judgements are true necessitates consciousness as a primary function of the universe, rather than a purely mechanical universe.
Nope. Not unless you believe that they are true by definition and for everyone.
I'm sorry, but I simply see no reason to believe in absolute moral values (actually, I see more evidence to the contrary). I think that kind of breaks your argument, doesn't it?
