RE: Can objective morality exist in Atheism?
February 18, 2010 at 4:45 pm
(This post was last modified: February 18, 2010 at 5:25 pm by objectivitees.)
(February 18, 2010 at 4:36 pm)Darwinian Wrote: Glad to be of service
Sorry... I updated my response above, though not in a way that changes the fact I agreed with your post.
Quote:Not ONLY survival. Survival and procreation - I'm pretty sure I wrote that. If you killed everyone the species would go nowhere and there would be no one with which to mate.
So what? It ultimately doesn't matter where values are subjective.
Quote:The reason it's valued is because it actively promotes the proliferation of the species.
Again, so what? Why choose procreation over death?
Quote:We build up tolerances and preferences as to what we'd like to do and what we'd like done to us.
Sir, respectfully, that's not the concept of morality, that's Evolutionary theory of survival, the two are not the same, despite your equivocation. Morality involves the concept of "rightness" and wrongness" the theory of Evolution only involves surviving to procreate, regardless of right and wrong.
(February 18, 2010 at 3:33 pm)Meatball Wrote: Is there a way to define right and wrong for people born in July? For people who dislike mustard?
How do I say this gently... your "analogy" is flawed because "people born in July" and people who like mustard" are not philosophical worldviews, the same way Atheism and Theism are. Therefore, your "critique" is irrelevant, Meatball.
Ok, can someone explain to me why my responses keep ending up in the same post?
