RE: Atheism and Ethics
July 8, 2024 at 2:39 pm
(This post was last modified: July 8, 2024 at 2:42 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(July 8, 2024 at 2:17 pm)Lucian Wrote: For the most part I am not disagreeing with your line of argument over the last posts. Nice to be on the same page
I don’t think a lot of laws are about morality at all, that said… I do think some are. Those are ones that worry me, eg. laws against homosexual behavior etc. I could be wrong in my understanding of these, and I think in the scope of all the laws they are perhaps the outliers
Me too. I think these types of laws are the ones worth worrying about regardless of the metaethical nature of reality.
I can see how there ought to be legal space to do objectively immoral things.
I can see how there should be at least some legal space to do relatively immoral things.
I can see how there should be a hell of alot of legal space to do subjectively immoral things.
I do not believe that a government is legally legitimate only when it's doing the right objectively moral thing.
I do not believe that a government is legally legitimate only when it's doing the right relatively moral thing.
I do not believe that a government is legally legitimate only when it's doing the right subjectively moral thing.
IMO, governments lose nothing of legal value or necessity by eschewing any moral content, and do great legal harm to themselves by including it. Worry about the roads and the taxes...that's plenty of work.
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