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Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral
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RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral
February 22, 2015 at 5:55 am
We really have to agree on what "morality" means. There seem to be two popular variants, which have nothing to do with each other:

1) An assessment of the effect of actions upon the wellbeing of individuals and society, weighing up positive and negative

2) What god finds acceptable and unacceptable

This new "objective morality" definition doesn't fit into either of those categories, as god is not free to decide what it acceptable and what is not. Instead we have:

3) An arbitrary set of rules

Again, this has nothing to do with definition (1).

To me, the only morality that matters is definition (1). If you wish to argue why we should ignore this definition, and not care about the help/harm assessment of actions, I'd be interested to hear why.
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Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Gavin Duffy - February 16, 2015 at 12:47 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by robvalue - February 16, 2015 at 12:50 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Lek - February 18, 2015 at 7:58 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Mr.wizard - February 18, 2015 at 8:19 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Lek - February 18, 2015 at 8:26 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Mr.wizard - February 18, 2015 at 8:36 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Lek - February 19, 2015 at 12:59 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by wiploc - February 19, 2015 at 2:37 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Esquilax - February 18, 2015 at 8:46 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by wiploc - February 19, 2015 at 12:31 am
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by JesusHChrist - February 16, 2015 at 12:56 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Gavin Duffy - February 16, 2015 at 1:15 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Surgenator - February 16, 2015 at 3:07 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Gavin Duffy - February 18, 2015 at 6:58 am
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by LastPoet - February 16, 2015 at 2:10 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by wiploc - February 16, 2015 at 2:21 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by AFTT47 - February 16, 2015 at 5:08 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by robvalue - February 16, 2015 at 5:10 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Regina - February 16, 2015 at 5:20 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by robvalue - February 16, 2015 at 5:22 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Gavin Duffy - February 16, 2015 at 8:47 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Surgenator - February 16, 2015 at 10:24 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Gavin Duffy - February 17, 2015 at 11:15 am
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Surgenator - February 17, 2015 at 1:52 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Gavin Duffy - February 17, 2015 at 2:32 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by ether-ore - February 17, 2015 at 7:31 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Gavin Duffy - February 17, 2015 at 8:31 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by wiploc - February 18, 2015 at 12:31 am
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by ether-ore - February 18, 2015 at 4:05 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Esquilax - February 18, 2015 at 5:13 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by ether-ore - February 18, 2015 at 5:30 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Surgenator - February 18, 2015 at 5:49 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by ether-ore - February 18, 2015 at 6:02 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by JesusHChrist - February 18, 2015 at 6:09 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by ether-ore - February 18, 2015 at 8:57 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by DeadChannel - February 18, 2015 at 9:46 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by ether-ore - February 18, 2015 at 10:07 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by DeadChannel - February 18, 2015 at 10:51 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by JesusHChrist - February 19, 2015 at 2:52 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by ether-ore - February 18, 2015 at 9:18 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Surgenator - February 18, 2015 at 9:20 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by ether-ore - February 18, 2015 at 9:38 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Surgenator - February 18, 2015 at 10:11 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by ether-ore - February 19, 2015 at 1:31 am
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Surgenator - February 19, 2015 at 3:20 am
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by ether-ore - February 19, 2015 at 11:16 am
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Surgenator - February 19, 2015 at 2:00 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by ether-ore - February 19, 2015 at 3:35 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Surgenator - February 19, 2015 at 4:43 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by ether-ore - February 19, 2015 at 8:19 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Surgenator - February 19, 2015 at 11:58 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by ether-ore - February 20, 2015 at 8:11 am
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Esquilax - February 20, 2015 at 11:31 am
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by ether-ore - February 20, 2015 at 7:01 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Surgenator - February 21, 2015 at 12:31 am
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by ether-ore - February 21, 2015 at 10:19 am
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Surgenator - February 21, 2015 at 7:11 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by wiploc - February 21, 2015 at 10:28 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Surgenator - February 21, 2015 at 10:56 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by ether-ore - February 21, 2015 at 10:43 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Surgenator - February 21, 2015 at 11:18 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by ether-ore - February 22, 2015 at 12:10 am
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Surgenator - February 22, 2015 at 2:10 am
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by ether-ore - February 22, 2015 at 12:16 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Esquilax - February 22, 2015 at 2:03 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Surgenator - February 22, 2015 at 4:16 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by ether-ore - February 22, 2015 at 7:22 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Surgenator - February 22, 2015 at 10:48 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Esquilax - February 19, 2015 at 2:58 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Lek - February 19, 2015 at 5:37 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Esquilax - February 19, 2015 at 5:49 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Esquilax - February 18, 2015 at 6:26 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by wiploc - February 19, 2015 at 10:37 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by robvalue - February 18, 2015 at 2:49 am
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by AFTT47 - February 17, 2015 at 7:55 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by robvalue - February 18, 2015 at 4:06 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by ether-ore - February 18, 2015 at 4:56 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by robvalue - February 19, 2015 at 3:41 am
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by robvalue - February 19, 2015 at 2:59 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by robvalue - February 19, 2015 at 5:40 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Lek - February 19, 2015 at 5:48 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by robvalue - February 19, 2015 at 5:51 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by Lek - February 19, 2015 at 7:07 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by robvalue - February 20, 2015 at 2:15 am
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by robvalue - February 19, 2015 at 5:59 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by robvalue - February 19, 2015 at 6:11 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by abaris - February 21, 2015 at 7:40 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by robvalue - February 22, 2015 at 3:04 am
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by robvalue - February 22, 2015 at 5:55 am
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by robvalue - February 22, 2015 at 12:42 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by ether-ore - February 22, 2015 at 5:28 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by robvalue - February 22, 2015 at 9:43 pm
RE: Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral - by ether-ore - February 23, 2015 at 1:15 am

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