RE: Where do atheists get their morality from?
August 31, 2012 at 10:00 am
(This post was last modified: August 31, 2012 at 10:01 am by stephenmills1000.)
(August 31, 2012 at 9:42 am)genkaus Wrote:That would be an attribute of the prescriber, the moral value in and of itself has no awareness of purpose.(August 31, 2012 at 9:41 am)stephenmills1000 Wrote: Morals do not have objectives, they only prescribe what ought to be, so it is incorrect to anthropormorphisize them like this. Only beings can have 'objectives.'
Prescription of what ought to be is what is known as having an objective.
(August 31, 2012 at 9:42 am)genkaus Wrote:They are dependent upon that entity yes, but that entity is independent of me, therefore is by definition objective.(August 31, 2012 at 9:41 am)stephenmills1000 Wrote: At any rate, my morals are based on God’s revelation in Scripture. I have good reason to believe that Scripture is a revelation from God, that God’s commands to us supply our moral duties. Moral duties are rooted in the divine commands; values are rooted in God’s nature, therefore objective because they are rooted in God’s commands and nature.
If they are rooted in anyone's command or nature, then they are dependent upon that entity and therefore are not objective.