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Originally posted by Boxing Pythagoras View Post...they all do this. Platonists argue that abstracts are actual, extant entities. Humanists and spiritualists argue that actions have objective consequences which can be evaluated.Last edited by seer; 08-26-2014, 10:38 AM.
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Originally posted by seer View PostWell no, until they can show how moral truths can exist objectively apart from a mind the claims are not coherent.
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Originally posted by Apologiaphoenix View PostFor anyone interested, I will be interviewing R. Scott Smith of BIOLA on his book "In Search of Moral Knowledge" this Saturday on this very topic.
With these discussions, I think it's important to start with a simple question.
Does objective goodness exist and what is it?
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For anyone interested, I will be interviewing R. Scott Smith of BIOLA on his book "In Search of Moral Knowledge" this Saturday on this very topic.
With these discussions, I think it's important to start with a simple question.
Does objective goodness exist and what is it?
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Originally posted by Boxing Pythagoras View PostOn the Platonist, spiritualist, and humanist views, objective morality would actually exist, as well, even if we sometimes misunderstood it.
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostI was referring to your comment that atheists are all over the place as to why something is moral or not (Society, Plato, Evolution, etc) and basically it just boils down to different atheists have different opinions on why something is moral. They might all agree that murder is immoral, but one might say because it hurts society, one might say because we evolved to believe it is immoral, another might say it is not immoral. That all boils down to a subjective standard of morality.
Atheists are no more a single, monolithic whole than are theists.
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Originally posted by Boxing Pythagoras View PostI understand precisely what is meant by the phrase. I don't understand why you would think the assertion that objective morality exists "boils down to opinion" for an atheist but not for a theist.
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostI don't think you understand what "objective morality" means.
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Originally posted by seer View PostExcept in our world objective moral law would actually exist, even if we sometimes misunderstood it. And the universe would be, in the end, a just place.
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Originally posted by Sparko View Postso basically it just boils down to opinion, like seer said.
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Originally posted by Boxing Pythagoras View PostIt depends on the atheist. Some are Platonic realists who believe that objective morality is extant in the form of abstracts. Some are humanists who define morality on the basis of societal health. Some are spiritualists who believe that there exists some objective set of rules which can elevate or lower the state of the soul (for example, ending a reincarnation cycle). Some wholly reject the idea of objective morality.
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Originally posted by Boxing Pythagoras View PostIt depends on the atheist. Some are Platonic realists who believe that objective morality is extant in the form of abstracts. Some are humanists who define morality on the basis of societal health. Some are spiritualists who believe that there exists some objective set of rules which can elevate or lower the state of the soul (for example, ending a reincarnation cycle). Some wholly reject the idea of objective morality.
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