RE: Atheism and morality
July 1, 2013 at 5:42 pm
(This post was last modified: July 1, 2013 at 5:44 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(July 1, 2013 at 5:28 pm)Inigo Wrote: Well, an instruction does require an instructor.Negatron - think of all the people who say that "insert ridiculous shit here" -told them to do "insert ridiculous shit here".
Something interpreted as instruction only requires that the ":recipient" interpret it as such. Nothing external need be invoked (though there is no shortage of external instructors when it comes to morality). No "instruction" needs to occur.
Quote:If you can think of a counter-example - a clear case of a real instruction of favouring that does not have its ultimate source in an agent of some kind then I'm all ears.as above, "agent" =/= "god".
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