what are we supposed to say again when christians ask us where we get our mor...
May 14, 2014 at 12:52 am
(This post was last modified: May 14, 2014 at 1:19 am by Rampant.A.I..)
(May 13, 2014 at 10:34 pm)ChadWooters Wrote:(May 13, 2014 at 8:39 pm)Rampant.A.I. Wrote: Humanity evolved morality, much like ants, bees, and termites, because moral action is evolutionarily conductive to the survival of the species.Yes, but can an action not conductive to the survival of the human species still be moral? For example, wiping out the human race to preserve the biological viability of the planet as a whole.
No such dilemma has arisen. We can seemingly override our biological imperatives with heroism and other moral choices that go against self-preservation, and still perceive value from an evolutionary perspective because those valued traits preserve populations, and not just individuals.
(May 13, 2014 at 10:34 pm)ChadWooters Wrote:(May 13, 2014 at 8:39 pm)Rampant.A.I. Wrote: Chad makes up bullshit to back up his positionRampant insults others because he's a mindless dick with no adequate response to the question he's been asked.
That's fair, I do engage in a fair amount of douchebaggery. However, I still raise
indignant objection to the presupposition of an ethical code imposed several thousand years ago by an Abrahamic God as the only potential moral code, when human societies seem to have survived very well without the NT, and reject most of the "moral" principles stated therein.
The idea that this is the basis of all human morality is not only laughable, but repulsive.