RE: What IS good, and how do we determine it?
June 16, 2015 at 9:48 pm
(This post was last modified: June 16, 2015 at 9:52 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Quote:I am being 100% honest. I still would know that hurting others is wrong. I would still feel sorry for people. But if I believed all we were was just... material, I wouldn't be able to explain *why* it would be so important to treat others well. I would know it was, but I wouldn't know where that came from.Well, okay, if you say so........but, whats wrong with any of the numerous reasons given in this thread...or even in the response you just gave me..right up there while claiming you wouldn't know....that you have empathy? That's a powerful explanation that you, apparently, didn't realize that you just gave and that you, apparently, don;t know the source of. It's the same explanation given by a great many people. The source, btw, is you. It comes from you.
-Just like it does right now.....you've attributed to god and gods standard what you are plainly and demonstrably capable of yourself.- Hey, look, maybe there is a god and maybe he doess have standards and maybe they are objective...but you didn't need any of that to reach the explanation you -just gave-. All you needed was run of the mill human empathy. That's definitely good enough for me. You?
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