(June 10, 2015 at 11:09 am)abaris Wrote:(June 10, 2015 at 10:24 am)whateverist Wrote: Some how I can't believe that living a good life boils down to 'being good'. 'Being good' is like doing (and not doing) what mommy tells you.
Yeah, requiring a set of rules to know that axe murdering your neighbour and take his belongings is something to be frowned upon is kind of frightening.
Christian morality is pretty Kantian that way. When you visit your ailing relative in the hospital it counts for more boot-lick points if you do it from a sense of duty than mere lovey-dovey emotion.