Morality works without absolute moral truths
I treat questions of right and wrong as having correct answers, at least in principle. We should admit the existence of significant moral grey areas, but right and wrong are a kind of “natural fact,” as many philosophers would say. To put it bluntly: there exists an objective right and an objective wrong. Relativism is a nonstarter, and most people
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If god doesn’t exist morality cannot exist. Establish common ground that we believe morality exists in the practical sense. There is an internal guilt and pride response to acts as well as an external system of law put in place. Somewhere between these two systems morality exists. Now a common argument is an objective morality cannot exist without
... See moreIf you think that moral reasoning is something we do to figure out the truth you'll be constantly frustrated by how foolish biased and illogical people become when they disagree with you but if you think about moral reasoning is a skill we humans evolved to further our social agendas to justify her actions and defend the teams we belong to then
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