RE: Is There a Point To Living a Moral Life?
October 18, 2013 at 4:58 pm
(This post was last modified: October 18, 2013 at 5:01 pm by Simon Moon.)
(October 18, 2013 at 4:51 pm)Sword of Christ Wrote: There would be at all nothing wrong with fascist ideology if you weren't in the minority being persecuted then? It would be hedonistic and utilitarian.
Of course there would.
The well being of others is what moral utilitarianism and the golden rule directly address.
It's really simple. Strive to live in a society as if it is unknown what your status, race, sex, wealth, etc will be ahead of time. It's like having the person cutting the cake choose their piece last, not knowing how big of a piece they will get.
Secular morality is superior to religious morality.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.