(April 1, 2021 at 10:13 am)Superjock Wrote:(April 1, 2021 at 9:20 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: Humanism may be the right moral philosophy for you.
Can you explain that for me? Are you a humanist?
Yes and yes.
Essentially humanism is the stance that we can't appeal to divine authority or ideological or religious dogma to resolve moral issues. Fallible humans are the only available moral agents we can consult. If there are any gods, there's no evidence that they supply us with moral instruction; so it's just us and what we can observe in nature, which is not in itself not a moral gude, but it can help us understand the roots of our morality better; and science can help us better understand the consequences of our actions (or inaction).
Humanism espouses democracy, freedom, progress and the equal worth and dignity of everyone and advocates for policies that will help us thrive, including protecting the world we live in. A lot of atheists are basically humanists even if they don't label themselves that way or know what humanism is.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
