RE: Russia embraces religious intolerance with draconian blasphemy and anti-gay laws
July 13, 2013 at 5:27 pm
(This post was last modified: July 13, 2013 at 5:27 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Quote:No, they are not descriptive, they are normative laws. Perhaps you should spend more time studying the fact you cannot reason from the descriptive to the normative, that’s invalid.Why would I care if reasoning from the descriptive to the normative is invalid? As I've told you many times, I'm not interested in arguing what morality -ought to be- argue that with someone else.
Quote:It doesn't matter whether or not you or I would sign on with such a thing, as the bit the makes morality relative is the bit that isn't confined to your head. Other people. Other goals. Other norms. Atheism isn't a determining factor in whether or not something is relative. Even if there were no atheists, your vying theistic moralities would be relative. It doesn't even matter if everyone is a goddamned atheist Stat - their vying moralities would be relative.
Raping a woman can be a morally good act simply because a society says so? Sickening. Atheism really does erode morality.
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