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9 years ago @ http://www.belfasttele... - Morality comes from ev... · 0 replies · 0 points

Nope, that's not me sorry.

9 years ago @ http://www.belfasttele... - Morality comes from ev... · 1 reply · +1 points

If you mean do all morals flow from the nature of God then yes.

9 years ago @ http://www.belfasttele... - Morality comes from ev... · 3 replies · -1 points

Yes.

9 years ago @ http://www.belfasttele... - Morality comes from ev... · 5 replies · -2 points

What is decency? I thought you were a moral relativist and so couldn't make such moral judgements?

Is it morally right for me to me decent? Does the biological process of evolution obligate me to be decent?

Hopefully this example shows you the futility of relativism.

9 years ago @ http://www.belfasttele... - Morality comes from ev... · 2 replies · -3 points

Your 3 year old must be one in a million? A 3 year old who understands moral ontology and epistemology? Very impressive. Perhaps you could ask the child to explain our discussion to it's parent.

For the record, I do accept evolutionary theory as well as big bang cosmology. It is the atheist who has a problem with the big bang.

9 years ago @ http://www.belfasttele... - Morality comes from ev... · 0 replies · -4 points

You guys are a laugh! I understand my language perfectly and am well aware of what I am talking about.

You both seem blissfully unaware of your own self-refuting stance on this issue. I'm happy to side with the vast majority of philosophers on this one.

Just remember that next time you go to make ANY moral statement about anyone you have to keep quiet since your moral relativism doesn't allow you to make such statements.

9 years ago @ http://www.belfasttele... - Morality comes from ev... · 7 replies · -2 points

I do indeed need you to paint the scene. I'm not making any moral judgements without information. You have given me two verses as a reference point.

Until you provide this you needn't expect any further response.

Regardless, your question is one of moral epistemology and says nothing about moral grounding or ontology which is what this whole topic is all about.

(By the way I am now typing into a section of screen about a cm wide - not fun!)

9 years ago @ http://www.belfasttele... - Morality comes from ev... · 9 replies · -2 points

I have yes, but there are lots of different situations, contexts, events. Can you paint the scene for the two verses you have cherry picked? What is the purpose of this exercise anyway?

9 years ago @ http://www.belfasttele... - Morality comes from ev... · 11 replies · -4 points

I read these verses and they tell me nothing of culture, context, backdrop, scenario.

I am not a moral absolutist. An absolutist may say in this case that it is always permissable to kill. The objectivist has to take the situational context into account. If someone was about to shoot all your family it may be permissable to kill in order to save your family.

Similarly, in the scenario you mention is may be permissible to kill if it was to bring about a better good.

9 years ago @ http://www.belfasttele... - Morality comes from ev... · 1 reply · -1 points

Audunslade, you are attacking moral absolutes here which is completely different from moral objectivity.

It is the moral absolutist who says "you should not kill" regardless of situation, not the objectivist. This is a fundamental misunderstanding between the two.

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