RE: Miracles and Anti-supernaturalism
August 16, 2013 at 3:49 am
(This post was last modified: August 16, 2013 at 3:53 am by Undeceived.)
(August 15, 2013 at 7:50 am)Maelstrom Wrote:(August 15, 2013 at 12:02 am)Undeceived Wrote: How do you personally decide what is good and what is evil?
Common Sense.
(August 15, 2013 at 12:02 am)Undeceived Wrote: Fill in the blanks:
An act is right if and only if __.
An act is wrong if and only if __.
What is your rational? In other words, what are your criteria for determining right and wrong? Is good "that which produces the most happiness," for example? Or "that which the plurality of people in the culture agree on"? Or "that which maximizes my own self-interest"? These are all popular theories--utilitarianism, cultural relativism, ethical egoism. Or would you rather start by choosing between teleological and deontological ethics?
teleological: identify the "good", such as happiness, and promote it
deontological: what is right takes priority over its consequences, containing rules such as "all killing is wrong" or "stealing is never permissible"
This is open to anyone. Thoughts? Which moral theory do you stand by?
http://home.sandiego.edu/~baber/gender/M...ories.html
