(March 10, 2015 at 4:34 pm)TRJF Wrote: I can't speak for Parkers Tan, but that seems so obvious to me as to be beyond disagreement. Are you trying to say that a person's ethics are 100% a product of nature rather than nurture?
Or, are you just taking issue with the implication behind the statement, namely, that "everyone's personal ethics are different"? There are a ton of things "shaky" about reality; their shakiness doesn't make them any less real.
TL;DR: I don't get what you're saying here.
It appears to be nothing more than an appeal to consequence, a theist favorite.
When someone points out that my conclusions make reality seem absurd, I just think to myself, "But I didn't make the rules!"
It's less of an argument and more of a deep insight into theistic insecurities.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
