RE: what are we supposed to say again when christians ask us where we get our morality?
June 4, 2014 at 8:20 pm
(June 4, 2014 at 7:22 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote:Experience, common sense, empathy, sympathy... any number of factors will help me to determine what is the right or wrong decision to make in most situations.(June 3, 2014 at 8:17 pm)Tonus Wrote: That would fall under the "context" I mentioned above.So then there is something else that you are using as your standard of right and wrong, what is it?
Statler Waldorf Wrote:It seems to me that it is the first step in the basis for anyone's morality. What do they stand to gain, and what are the potential costs.Tonus Wrote:That depends. What do they stand to gain?Why does it matter?
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