RE: We should take the Moral Highground
April 3, 2012 at 1:09 pm
(This post was last modified: April 3, 2012 at 1:10 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
(April 2, 2012 at 5:57 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: As opposed to asserting that morality is just a set of arbitrary conventions for behavior by an imaginary god that always seems to want whatever the believer wants? Asserting that morality is a function of how we treat our fellow sentient beings, as determined by our innate sense of empathy, fair play and the social contract is superior.Appealing to empathy, fair play and social contract is still not inherently superior to nihilism. In both systems values are derived from utility.