Ok maybe I wasnt preceice enought and you are ernest.
Well.I dont know if it had a beginning, because no one knows and the science of physics is currently trying to figure that out. - So I`ll wait for them.
And I dont think that the universe, with or without beginning has a cause.
further question by you on question 1:
Most of my "moral" decisions depend on the situation I am in.
I guess in philosophical terms, when it comes to "moral" philosophy,
I try to find a middle way between Emanual Kants Catigorical Imperative and John Stuart Mills Utilitarism.
Your first question 3
My first reply to 3
Your second question 3
No I do think there is free will. I just dont think it alwas determines our actions.
Your first question 4
Correct. I believe that the determination of moral values by a sociaty is a learning process - sociaty learns from mistakes.
your first question 5
my first reply 5
your second question 5
I really cant think of anything.
your first question 6
my first answere 6
The divides between all. Every single sect claims to be the single true one - therefor I concluded at a young age - non can be the right one.
"disgracefull" for example - whitnessing things as 9\11, the catholic child rape scandel, anders bering breviks massacre in norway and others.
Noticing how religion can be used to justify the worst attrocities or how criminals hide behind the mask of faith to get away with crimes.
Personal encounters with religious people were mostly positive.
(November 29, 2012 at 2:48 pm)phi5100 Wrote:(November 29, 2012 at 2:15 pm)The_Germans_are_coming Wrote: No
Are you saying that the universe doesn't have a beginning? Or that the beginning that it does have, doesn't require a cause?
Well.I dont know if it had a beginning, because no one knows and the science of physics is currently trying to figure that out. - So I`ll wait for them.
And I dont think that the universe, with or without beginning has a cause.
(November 29, 2012 at 2:48 pm)phi5100 Wrote: Your question:
2. In what terms do you define the value of human life? Is the life of a human child more or less valuable, for example, than that of an endangered species of primate?
my first answere:
No. I dont define the value of human life. My sociaty does, which is a democratic pluralistic sociaty - I therefor stick to and defend this set of values.
further question by you on question 1:
Quote:So based on your society, what are those values, as you best understand them? As per the example, how would you 'rank' the value of a human child? Going along with this, for another example, (when) do you believe a child is a human and has human rights, in the womb?
Most of my "moral" decisions depend on the situation I am in.
I guess in philosophical terms, when it comes to "moral" philosophy,
I try to find a middle way between Emanual Kants Catigorical Imperative and John Stuart Mills Utilitarism.
Your first question 3
Quote:3. Does your worldview ground free will - which is required for consciousness, rationality, moral judgments, moral choices, and moral responsibility?
My first reply to 3
Quote:No
Your second question 3
Quote:So you don't believe that we have free will? Don't you make choices daily? If not, then everything in our lives must be pre-determined. But who or what determines them? The only person I could even begin to perceive as pre-determining all of life, would be someone who is, always was, and always will be in existence, and created & controls it all...which would be God. If there's no free will, as you've stated, then should we even have discipline & punishment, because no one would actually be responsible for their actions.
No I do think there is free will. I just dont think it alwas determines our actions.
Your first question 4
Quote:4. What are the grounds for (1) moral values and (2) moral duties?
My first answere 4
[quote]see question 2
Quote:You're saying that each individual society sets the grounds for what is morally right, what has value, and what people's moral duties are? What determines each of these societies or cultures?
Correct. I believe that the determination of moral values by a sociaty is a learning process - sociaty learns from mistakes.
your first question 5
Quote:5. Is it rational for you to risk your life to save a stranger?
my first reply 5
Quote:depends on the circumstances
your second question 5
Quote:What might some of those circumstances be in which you think it'd be rational to risk your life for a stranger? And to not? ...regardless of whether or not it's rational, is it morally right to risk your life for a stranger's?
I really cant think of anything.
your first question 6
Quote:6. Which religion, if any, were you raised in? What were the factors that led to your leaving that religion?
my first answere 6
Quote:Catholic mother and anglican father.
Left because of the devides I observed and the disgracefull behavior of some religious.
Quote:Were those divides between Catholic and Anglican, or within one of them? Have you had interactions with other Christians that hasn't been, as you would say, " disgraceful"? If you've not, regardless of their specific denomination within Christianity, I'm sorry. Those people are obviously not living out their beliefs...and/or possibly don't understand the truth (or Truth) to it.
The divides between all. Every single sect claims to be the single true one - therefor I concluded at a young age - non can be the right one.
"disgracefull" for example - whitnessing things as 9\11, the catholic child rape scandel, anders bering breviks massacre in norway and others.
Noticing how religion can be used to justify the worst attrocities or how criminals hide behind the mask of faith to get away with crimes.
Personal encounters with religious people were mostly positive.
