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What IS good, and how do we determine it?
RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it?
(June 15, 2015 at 7:03 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: The question I have for atheists is how do we know what IS good?

You know how we are all immediately aware of so many things but only a few can be held consciously at any one time?  Well what is 'good' -or, what is more important, what will likely lose your social group's approval- is one of those things.  Now which of the countless factors our brains choose to present for conscious consideration isn't actually up to us.  It happens pre-consciously.  So rather than appeal to a master-of-the-universe (not that there is anything wrong with that), I'd like to describe the apprehension of morally significant factors as a disturbance in the force.  Evolution has resulted in conscious experience and has selected for individuals whose brains present the most salient factors for conscious consideration.

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RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by abaris - June 16, 2015 at 12:13 pm
RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by Cato - June 16, 2015 at 1:05 pm
RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by Nope - June 15, 2015 at 7:41 pm
RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by Nope - June 15, 2015 at 10:34 pm
RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by IATIA - June 16, 2015 at 12:55 am
RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by Nope - June 16, 2015 at 6:22 am
RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by abaris - June 16, 2015 at 11:57 am
RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by abaris - June 16, 2015 at 12:31 pm
RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by Nope - June 17, 2015 at 8:33 am
RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by Cato - June 16, 2015 at 10:24 am
RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by abaris - June 16, 2015 at 10:48 am
RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by Nope - June 17, 2015 at 8:24 am
RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by abaris - June 16, 2015 at 12:43 pm
RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by Cato - June 16, 2015 at 12:56 pm
RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by Whateverist - June 16, 2015 at 12:58 pm
RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by Cato - June 16, 2015 at 3:39 pm
RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by Cato - June 16, 2015 at 4:32 pm
RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by Pyrrho - June 16, 2015 at 10:04 pm
RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by Nope - June 17, 2015 at 6:30 pm
RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by Nope - June 18, 2015 at 10:18 am
RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by abaris - June 18, 2015 at 11:14 am
RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by Nope - June 17, 2015 at 8:56 am
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RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by Nope - June 19, 2015 at 9:56 pm
RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by abaris - June 20, 2015 at 11:52 am
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RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by abaris - June 19, 2015 at 11:18 am
RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by Pyrrho - June 17, 2015 at 10:07 pm
RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by Nope - June 17, 2015 at 8:52 pm
RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by Nope - June 17, 2015 at 11:49 pm
RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by Nope - June 17, 2015 at 11:41 pm
RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by abaris - June 18, 2015 at 11:18 am
RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by abaris - June 18, 2015 at 11:59 am
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RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by Cato - June 19, 2015 at 6:14 pm
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RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by abaris - June 19, 2015 at 10:50 am
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RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by Metis - June 24, 2015 at 10:03 pm
RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by Metis - June 24, 2015 at 10:11 pm
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RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by abaris - June 26, 2015 at 11:21 am
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RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by Pyrrho - June 26, 2015 at 12:51 pm
RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by abaris - June 26, 2015 at 12:58 pm
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RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it? - by Nope - June 28, 2015 at 9:31 pm
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