RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it?
June 16, 2015 at 1:27 pm
(This post was last modified: June 16, 2015 at 1:30 pm by Catholic_Lady.)
(June 16, 2015 at 12:58 pm)Rhythm Wrote: So, how about my moral truth, can you deny my moral truth? Is your god exempt from my moral truth? Do I seem to be incapable of holding a moral truth as a moral subjectivist?
Well the point of "moral truth" is that there is no such thing and "my" and "your" moral truth lol. Conflicting things can't both be true. There is only one moral truth.
(June 16, 2015 at 1:05 pm)Cato Wrote:(June 16, 2015 at 1:02 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: If Christianity taught that torturing children is good, for example, it would completely go against my gut instinct and I would never give it a second thought..
I would have used a different example if I were Catholic.
Why, Cato?
(June 16, 2015 at 1:06 pm)whateverist Wrote:(June 16, 2015 at 1:02 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Christianity reafirms that this is immoral, and helps me understand *why* it is. If Christianity taught that torturing children is good, for example, it would completely go against my gut instinct and I would never give it a second thought..
I find this very comforting. One question, why not just go with your gut instinct? Sounds like you prize it as highly as I do mine, and probably with equal justification.
It helps me determine certain things but cannot show me all the answers.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
