I stole this idea from Chris Dills and Taylor - ask me a question about whatever you want and I’ll try my best to answer it here.
Have at it.
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Question 1:
Since we are in the midst of a conversation on morals it is only fair that you present how a non theistic person determines morals. Meaning, as an atheist, do you hold to moral relativism or is there some great non-theistic cosmic morality that we all are confined to?
I think there are certain morals we are all generally instilled with, for quite obvious reasons. There are some others that are subjective and vary person to person.
Some examples of morals almost all of the mentally stable have include not murdering, not raping, and, to a lesser extent, not stealing (this one is often instilled by parents since no one comes out understanding the concepts of money and what have you). There is a very simple Darwinian reason for this adaptation: a community where murder, rape, and theft all fly isn’t a community that’s going to last very long. The reason behind things like having love for other animals and our children is the survival of our species. Murder, rape, and theft can very quickly dissolve a community and destroy those living in this society. Things like that flying destroys a community and could easily lead to a premature extinction.
Beyond that, there are many subjective morals. For example, some people may have grown up in a household with a mentally challenged sibling or relative, so they think it’s immoral to call someone a retard. Or a fundamentalist may think being homosexual is a sin because they think it will condemn them to eternal torture. A lot of morals we pick up from others.
If someone was raised in a vacuum, they could still go out into the world and not kill and rape wantonly.
Why is the sky blue? lol, ok seriously though this is a good idea, kudos to Chris.
Finally. My mission in life now is to respond in kind and overwhelm you with millions of questions!
Seriously though, since we are in the midst of a conversation on morals it is only fair that you present how a non theistic person determines morals. Meaning, as an atheist, do you hold to moral relativism or is there some great non-theistic cosmic morality that we all are confined to?
Ok, my answer should be up by tomorrow.
Yah i made one of these pages too, sorry.
No response to my question yet…
Sorry, I forgot. I’ll get it up tomorrow.
So basically, you’re saying that the only rigid immorality comes in the form of actions that would hinder the maintenance of a society, right? So would all of the fringe moral issues be left up to relativism?
I’d say so.
So what happens when say, my fringe moral issues enter into conflict with yours?
Then we debate.
Nope, sorry. My fringe morals are against debate. I believe we have to battle with daggers. And I’m a beast with a dagger. Sorry dude.
lol
I appreciate the invitation to be a contributor to this blog but I don’t have enough time to even do mine properly. Could you please remove me as a contributor? Best of luck to you and thank you.
Super J.