RE: Atheism and morality
July 3, 2013 at 10:21 pm
(This post was last modified: July 3, 2013 at 10:52 pm by simplexity.)
(July 3, 2013 at 9:50 pm)Inigo Wrote: If I am correct in my analysis of morality then the deliverances of our moral sense - our moral sense data if you will - constitutes defeasible evidence for the existence of a god just as your sense of sight constitutes defeasible evidence of an external world.You are not correct in your analysis of morality.
Our subjective morality - our reasoning behind labeling something moral(having to do with what should be done in a society of other beings, which is a word we made up), only constitutes evidence that our mind processes inputs and derives outputs from the external world. And maybe that we have an awareness of self and others(which itself could be an illusion), this being why we find that things which cause ourselves and others suffering actually cause us pain. This is a basic reason to label something immoral, because it causes pain and suffering, and we are wired to not want that. And everything else follows.
There are many moralities, as many as there are people, and the fact that they are very similar is how we are able to form a working society. What is good for you is good for me. And so on.
