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Meta-ethical argument for atheism

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Meta-ethical argument for atheism
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RE: Meta-ethical argument for atheism
August 16, 2010 at 3:37 pm
(August 15, 2010 at 7:42 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: God hasn't commanded, allowed or written that he is good, he simply is supremely good. Morality is judged against the best model. As we've already defined what is supremely good, then we can have a benchmark for ultimate morality.

Morality was never an attribute of God. As an ultimately perfect being we can deduce that he would be ultimately moral.
I'm struggling with the nuance of this. What does it mean to simply be good? Can you offer a sketch or analogy? What causal mechanisms are in place to invoke morality in us? In this model could god describe himself as good, because he is not objective of himself.
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Meta-ethical argument for atheism - by Captain Scarlet - August 15, 2010 at 2:53 pm
RE: Meta-ethical argument for atheism - by Watson - August 15, 2010 at 3:05 pm
RE: Meta-ethical argument for atheism - by Captain Scarlet - August 15, 2010 at 3:24 pm
RE: Meta-ethical argument for atheism - by Minimalist - August 15, 2010 at 5:07 pm
RE: Meta-ethical argument for atheism - by fr0d0 - August 15, 2010 at 3:08 pm
RE: Meta-ethical argument for atheism - by Edwardo Piet - August 15, 2010 at 5:15 pm
RE: Meta-ethical argument for atheism - by fr0d0 - August 15, 2010 at 6:47 pm
RE: Meta-ethical argument for atheism - by Eilonnwy - August 15, 2010 at 5:18 pm
RE: Meta-ethical argument for atheism - by Captain Scarlet - August 15, 2010 at 5:27 pm
RE: Meta-ethical argument for atheism - by Minimalist - August 15, 2010 at 5:26 pm
RE: Meta-ethical argument for atheism - by Captain Scarlet - August 15, 2010 at 7:14 pm
RE: Meta-ethical argument for atheism - by fr0d0 - August 15, 2010 at 7:42 pm
RE: Meta-ethical argument for atheism - by Captain Scarlet - August 16, 2010 at 3:37 pm
RE: Meta-ethical argument for atheism - by fr0d0 - August 16, 2010 at 8:49 pm
RE: Meta-ethical argument for atheism - by Captain Scarlet - August 17, 2010 at 9:45 am
RE: Meta-ethical argument for atheism - by fr0d0 - August 17, 2010 at 3:40 pm
RE: Meta-ethical argument for atheism - by Entropist - August 17, 2010 at 7:34 pm

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