RE: Atheism and Ethics
June 11, 2024 at 3:01 pm
(This post was last modified: June 11, 2024 at 3:02 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(June 11, 2024 at 12:30 pm)Lucian Wrote: Any idea of scholars who represent the view you hold, or what name they would give it? Trying to expand my reading list
Nearly every moral system explicitly...and the rest (arguably) implicitly... have harm as the or a moral value. "Don't harm, do help" is Shelley Kagans brisk formulation of the basis of all moral utterances of any kind. You might enjoy watching his discussion with William Lane Craig.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm2w
Is a pretty good example of what happens when an apologist tries to argue with an actual ethicist about his field of expertise. His written work is good too. The geometry of desert is popular and well received.
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