(May 14, 2015 at 8:48 am)robvalue Wrote: Morality has got better because what humans have decided is moral has got better. Better is a subjective word, of course. It's a fairer, more equal world, in civilised countries at least. If you don't think that is better, I'm not sure what you want.
If we stuck with "objective" morality, we'd still have slavery, as endorsed by the bible. We'd have stoning to death for minor infractions. Need I go on? Should we bring back slavery? Should we bring back rape victims being forced to marry their rapists? Should we bring back women not being allowed to talk in church?
If it was only applicable to that time and that culture, then it is not objective.
But you're implying that things were worse and now they're better. Which itself implies a best. IDK, but it is something that I find interesting and think about. Am I wrong for arguing the beliefs that I have had engrained in me for years? I am not someone that changes my opinion easily. I have a gut feeling that God doesn't exist but I still have a lot to work through
