(June 16, 2013 at 7:29 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Secular morality is no more than a fashion statement. It never progresses. It merely changes.
I think secular morality is a meaningless term anyway, because nothing in the treaty of Westphalia places a diktat as to how 'morality' should be viewed aside from the fact it should be inspired by a non-accountable central religious hierarchy. If we're going to say secular morality then we're including everyone who is an advocate of secularism, be they atheist or theist (which I'm sure many would contest).
And in my opinion, change is progress. On can view it forward of backwards depending on the position one is perceiving it from, but it's still progress.
But I do agree, I don't think an enforced morality is one that will ever succeed, adding weight the idea of an evolved moral legitimacy informed by the context to which it exists in.