RE: Atheists only vote please: Do absolute MORAL truths exist? Is Rape ALWAYS "wrong"?
February 19, 2015 at 12:22 am
Of course, the real issue isn't whether or not there are universal moral truths. If their existence has the same standing as the suckling response or revulsion to snakes and heights, then yeah we all have something in common.
But it isn't as if some moral appraisals have more authority than others just because they are common place. Each moral appraisal has whatever significance it does to each individual for reasons we don't completely understand. How we weigh out our competing desires to make a decision isn't dictated by the objective status of some moral truths.
But it isn't as if some moral appraisals have more authority than others just because they are common place. Each moral appraisal has whatever significance it does to each individual for reasons we don't completely understand. How we weigh out our competing desires to make a decision isn't dictated by the objective status of some moral truths.