Do you agree with Richard Dawkins?

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I was a student of philosophy and was not particularly convinced of moral relativism

Formally? So what? [appeal to irrelevant authority] So was I, and was convinced ,and have remained convinced.

Morality is entirely relative in nature, and is very innate

Not sure I understand what you mean by 'innate' :The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines 'innate' as: "inborn,natural--originating in the mind". I agree that morality originates in the mind,but reject the notion that is inborn or natural.In my opinion, morality is entirely subjective and based on pragmatism.If this was not the case there would be universally recognised, absolute moral imperatives, but there are none that I have been able to discover.

Damn. Sometimes i think people are so used to dealing with the apologists they forget how actual philosophy works. It was not an appeal to authority. Simply a statement that i was not convinced by the argumentation presented during my studies as a student of philosophy. I don't consider myself an overwhelming authority on the subject but did want to imply that i had some knowledge and am not simply shooting off the cuff.

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I was a student of philosophy and was not particularly convinced of moral relativism

Formally? So what? [appeal to irrelevant authority] So was I, and was convinced ,and have remained convinced.

Morality is entirely relative in nature, and is very innate

Not sure I understand what you mean by 'innate' :The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines 'innate' as: "inborn,natural--originating in the mind". I agree that morality originates in the mind,but reject the notion that is inborn or natural.In my opinion, morality is entirely subjective and based on pragmatism.If this was not the case there would be universally recognised, absolute moral imperatives, but there are none that I have been able to discover.

Damn. Sometimes i think people are so used to dealing with the apologists they forget how actual philosophy works. It was not an appeal to authority. Simply a statement that i was not convinced by the argumentation presented during my studies as a student of philosophy. I don't consider myself an overwhelming authority on the subject but did want to imply that i had some knowledge and am not simply shooting off the cuff.

I would be interested to hear a more sophisticated argument for moral relativism based in logic presented by someone trained in philosophy.