(November 22, 2012 at 9:12 am)Daniel Wrote: But claiming the victim argument is you taking the "moral high ground" on this issue.
Ultimately, any conception of a moral high ground should be tempered by considerations of reciprocity. What I consider the very best thing a person could do in a situation should never be coerced since I myself would not appreciate being forced to enact another person's moral superiority fantasy. Most atheists have no motive to want this. Without some 'higher authority' keeping score, neither would you.
Personally, I find people who would intrude upon another person's autonomy morally contemptible. Nonetheless as a society we can and should decide jointly what we will not tolerate from each another. So, like it or lump it, I'm gonna be as bad as I wanna be .. so long as that doesn't intrude too far into your ability to do the same. It is intrusion that harms or interferes with another that we should not tolerate, regardless of how high minded ones intentions may be. If you want to kiss God's ass, be my guest. But if you want to insist I do the same out of your enthusiasm to really make God happy, bite me.
