RE: The difference between ethical atheism and nihlism is that ethical atheists have more faith
March 5, 2013 at 5:26 am
(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.
Well given that you believe that there's a higher power, I rather think that you will think that human happiness is base in comparison to that higher power.
Our consideration that human happiness is the point of morality is because morality deals with the well being of human beings, that they are safe, happy, and healthy.
Christianity is one of those religions that tends to have a leaning towards self reproach, and the reproach of other people, so it's understandable that human happiness is not the highest priority.
We're not presupposing anything, though, we're basing our actions and definitions upon what is demonstrable. We can't be expected to take into consideration things that do not have a proven effect on the situation.
That's be like saying "Oh I better not go swimming in this lake, it might upset the merpeople."
If you believe it, question it. If you question it, get an answer. If you have an answer, does that answer satisfy reality? Does it satisfy you? Probably not. For no one else will agree with you, not really.
