Not exact matches
This was premised
on the notion that standards of
morality are
objective and unchanging (therefore, «hate the sin»), but that human beings are weak and often fail to live up to those standards (therefore, «love the sinner»).
If we take the
objective view and try to apply
morality based
on current American tradition god is immoral in a number of ways.
Since you base your
morality on gods scale, you are blinded and not
objective when actually judging gods actions.
Atheist
morality is without any
objective basis and, if followed with integrity, doesn't allow them to act against others who act contrary to their moral system (as they insist that each subjective moral judgment is equal in value, all being based purely
on individual feelings).
Do YOU think that FORCING marriage
on r@pe victims and others makes GOOD
OBJECTIVE MORALITY?
6) ``... there is no
objective morality...
On atheism, no one is more morally right or wrong than the next person.
I will conclude by saying that
on the atheistic there is no
objective morality anyways so I don't believe that the atheist has any grounds for accusing God or anyone else for that matter if doing anything evil or wrong.
those appealing to
Objective morality have the problem of having a standard imposed
on them, but those without such a basis can not appeal to such a standard / justice & thereby have no compassion.
To take up your point
on morality, I can not fathom how there is such a thing as «
objective morality».
colin: «To take up your point
on morality, I can not fathom how there is such a thing as «
objective morality».
If one is looking for a robust defense of the idea that
objective morality can be known
on the basis of a naturalized epistemology, one will have to look elsewhere.
Traditional sexual
morality depended
on the assumption that human sexuality possessed an
objective moral nature and seriousness that all human beings were obliged to respect and that society itself was entitled to protect through law and custom.
William Provine, for example, has been
on a crusade to persuade the public that it has to discard either Darwinism or God, and not only God but also such non-materialistic concepts as free will and
objective standards of
morality.
Quite
on the contrary,
objective morality is far superior for the cooperative advancement of society instead of
morality based
on archaic stories that dangle an imaginary afterlife as a magical carrot.
Feigning a discussion about
objective vs. subjective
morality without qualifying values in the example in an attempt to get the casual reader to focus
on the value the crafty writer wants you to adopt a an absolute truth — in this case how bad it would be to BBQ your grandmother, so that he can claim the the reader believes in
objective «truths».
Without an
objective view of
morality (provided by one's religion), you really have nothing to stand
on when defining what makes an action moral or immoral.
He'll reappear tomorrow, yipping like a Pomeranian
on steroids about some other obsession of his — subjective /
objective morality, perhaps.
In order to really judge the «
morality» of the reforms, or their success in achieving their
objectives, we need to properly understand the impact they are having
on people's everyday lives.
He writes: «If evolutionary psychology is
on track... we believe the things — about
morality, personal worth, even
objective truth — that lead to behaviours that get our genes into the next generation.»
Civilization depends
on and proceeds from the notion of «
objective»
morality.
We should just go with his definition of «
objective morality» and get
on with it.