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Originally posted by Gorgo,+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Gorgo,)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>I'm not sure what you mean by what we "ought to think and feel" and live, or is that your point?
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RP:
That we are biologically, geneticaly predisposed to think and feel does not mean we can make an objective distinction between what we do think and feel and what we ought to think and feel.
Once, however, we have choosen to continue to live we are no closer to bridging the gap between how we do choose to live and how we ought to choose live. That is inherently problematic in a Godless universe.
Randall Patrick |
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RP:
Why do moral agendas exist at all? Because they have to. They have to whenever we interact with others. Why? Because whenever we interact with others there is always the possibility that our behaviors will come into conflict. If, for example, you lived alone on an island there would be no need for ethics. But let another castaway wash up on shore and the potential for disputes presents itself. If, say, you are used to walking around the island buck naked and your new acquaintence finds that morally offensive, what are you going to do? How
ought you to resolve it? Is there an objective [ratioanl, logical] way to do so? No, there is not. Not in a Godless universe.
Randall Patrick