RE: Does Atheism Lead to Nihilism?
March 10, 2015 at 4:33 pm
(This post was last modified: March 10, 2015 at 4:37 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(March 10, 2015 at 4:19 pm)SteveII Wrote: So, a different set of parents and a little less empathy would yield a different set of ethics? That does not seem shaky to you?
It works for me. What if you'd been born in Riyadh? Also -- I notice you left my point about reason out of your reply. Why is that?
You seem to be saying you've got a taproot to ethics that is superior to relative judgments. Why don't you lay out your own view on the matter, so we might ascertain the relative values in play?
I'm comfortable displaying my ethics for your critique. Why are you so cagey about your own? You clearly have an agenda, yet just as clearly, you're afraid to subject it to public scrutiny. Why is that?
Me, I think you know that moral relativity is the truth, and you're afraid to admit that had you been born into a different culture, you'd happily strap on a bomb vest, because you're not accustomed to questioning your precepts.
Just a guess. No offense intended.