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Does Objective Morality Mean Anything?
Jul. 28th, 2015 04:23 pmThe morality debate in the atheism-v-theism debates has me thinking on objective morality. Essentially, the question in the title. Does Objective Morality mean anything?
The argument, from the Divine Command/Divine Nature theory of morality, is that without God, there is no ontology of objective morality. It doesn't come about in the first place.
In order for that to even approach having legitimacy, Objective Morality, in terms of pure definition of the term, cannot mean benefiting people, avoiding harming people, or in any way respecting people's needs, desires, or persons in general. Objective Morality, in terms of pure definition of the term, then does not address any specific goals or values.
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The argument, from the Divine Command/Divine Nature theory of morality, is that without God, there is no ontology of objective morality. It doesn't come about in the first place.
In order for that to even approach having legitimacy, Objective Morality, in terms of pure definition of the term, cannot mean benefiting people, avoiding harming people, or in any way respecting people's needs, desires, or persons in general. Objective Morality, in terms of pure definition of the term, then does not address any specific goals or values.
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