Review 2 (General)

by Carl, Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 19:35 (5673 days ago) @ Mark

I agree with Mark that if you believe in the authority of God, then that authority becomes an objective basis for morals.
I disagree that, therefore, atheists morals are "... no deeper than an arbitrary decision of the will." I think he confuses "subjective" with "arbitrary", and they are not the same thing. Even the application of his objective morality can become subjective. For example, abortion. To say that, for atheists, "... any distinction between goodness and taste is an illusion" does not take into consideration the fact that atheist must live in the world they create. They must ask of their actions, "Will this be beneficial to me, my family, tribe, society in the long run. It is the long term welfare of their people that prevents atheist ethics from being arbitrary.