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Atheism & AgnosticismThe last leg for Atheism
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The whole point of morality is that it is universal. If there were no set standard for morality there would be no way for any law to exist as everyone would be looking out for himself and no one would... |
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JUST A THOUGHT
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One may argue that various forms of morality are epistemological concepts that are irrational; therefore, not debateable. However, morality, in its various forms, is practical. It is practical because... |
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Compassion is the basis of all morality - Arthur Schopenhauer |
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Some people say subjects like morality are irrelevant altogether because morality is not something that can be known a posteriori. However, the environment in which humans interact can be known a post... |
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God in ReligionGod's Will
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I'll try laying out my main arguments:
- killing innocents is bad, babies are innocent, babies die from nature (God's Law), therefore God cannot be all good
- God has sent a huge variety o... |
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Art is like morality. You have to start by drawing a line somewhere. |
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Right or wrong....
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i suppose i am wrong in thinking that just because we can imagine something, somehow means it exsists. i tend to put myself in holes when i ramble on enough... being the cynic that i am :p
the poi... |
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A Thing Called Shame
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Well, perhaps our one great moral is to not meddle in another individuals buisness. And by that I mean, we all have different moralities, but we all agree that our morality should not be forced anothe... |
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Right or wrong....
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"the point is tho, morality is real, god is real, just as immorality (or the abscense of morality) and the anti-god (or abscense of god) is real. trying to prove either side is impossible.
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Ethics & MoralityInherently Good or Evil?
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There is one notion that most of these responses presupose which is the existence of morality. Acts that occur in the world do not come w/ moral strings attached they are simply acts. People perscribe... |
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Ethics & MoralityThe Morality of Action
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I believe in moral relativism, the idea that morality is dependent upon person and background. Check out the "Morality" section of my website. http://www.ctintin.tk |
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SocietyCan the decline of morality truly render right/wrong as indistinguishable
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Most of us know the stories about the fall of the Roman Empire. In part, it was attributed to a decline in morals and ethics. It is the mainstream belief of historians, that this led to the eventual i... |
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Right or wrong....
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surley your all overlooking the definitons of the words and also their implications. what does 'right' and 'wrong' imply... morality. is morality inate , does it depend on anything... |
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Ethics & MoralityIs Morality an Open and Closed Matter?
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Is Morality an Open and Closed Matter?
I suspect most of us would agree that principles of morality can and do legitimately vary from one nation to another.
Within a nation would we also agree t... |
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God in ReligionGod's Will
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"Yes killing innocents are bad and no babies are not innocent (from God's perspective) as they are the children of Adam and Eve who are fallen humans that not deserve to live. God said '... |
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Aesthetics & BeautyBeauty
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The most important endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity for life -... |
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Law & GovernmentCan law and justice be maintained without religion
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'And let us with caution indulge the supposition (the act of supposing or assuming), that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on... |
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God in ReligionGod's Will
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"My point was that Paul gives an answer to that question. He states that God has written on the hearts of all mankind his law (the 10 Commandments) thus inevitably there is a sense were we will b... |
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God in ReligionQuestioning his Behaviour
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it means that they realise that there is a standard of goodness independent of a 'god' and they admit that 'god' cannot be the source of morality. In other words, they choose to be... |
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Ethics & MoralityIs there a Rational Ground for Morality?
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Is there a Rational Ground for Morality?
There can be no morality without law but there can be law without morality.
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Ethics & MoralityWhat is the Association of Efficiency with Morality?
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i love this thread it is an excellent mental excersise almost like a riddle. No imoral acttion can truly be considered efficient even if at the surface the act it self seems efficient. like efficiency... |
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God in ReligionGod's Will
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As a Christian I can only defend it's theology...
"killing innocents is bad, babies are innocent, babies die from nature (God's Law), therefore God cannot be all good"
Yes ki... |
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Ethics & MoralityWhat is the Association of Efficiency with Morality?
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so how is that a effective means of countering my point.
with in any any given system all parts must be taken care of if my brain is getting enough oxygen but my kidneys arent i will probably die unl... |
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Ethics & MoralityScience of Morality, Anyone?
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Science of Morality, Anyone?
Where, in American culture, is the domain of knowledge that we would identify as morality studied and taught?
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ChristianityA few questions for Christians.
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Well, the way I see it the biggest problem with beliefs is when those beliefs become a need. My beliefs are not a need. To provide an example of what they are: would you say that you need to believe i... |
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