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The difference between ethical atheism and nihlism is that ethical atheists have more faith
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RE: The difference between ethical atheism and nihlism is that ethical atheists have more faith
(March 4, 2013 at 11:55 pm)apophenia Wrote:
(March 4, 2013 at 10:16 pm)jstrodel Wrote: You are using evolution in a teleological sense. Really, if naturalistic evolution is true, evolution is no more significant to morality than particles of space dust.

You are reducing ethics to your desires. But people have desires for many different things.

Why should human happiness be the ultimate standard for morality? You are presupposing something that is not at all clear, which shows you have probably not thought about this extremely important issue very much at all.


Wow. Back so soon. Shit. I never saw that coming.



Well, he didn't clutter up my thread with sexual references.
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RE: The difference between ethical atheism and nihlism is that ethical atheists have more faith - by jstrodel - March 5, 2013 at 12:26 am

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