Re: atheistic morality
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My initial argument was that there can be no such thing as an absolute, ultimate and objective standard of morality (such as the one the Christian religion proclaims) within an atheistic philosophy.
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There can be no such thing as an absolute, ultimate and objective standard of morality within a theistic philosophy.
Christians think moral rules come from God, so we should do whatever God us them to. But the notion that we should do whatever God tells us to is itself a moral claim. Why should we do whatever God says? Because God says so? That's circular.
The existence or non-existence of any gods has no bearing on whether moral rules are objective or subjective. (In fact, the idea that moral rules are whatever God wants them to be is an obviously subjective moral view. The truth or falsity of objective moral rules would not depend on whether anyone agreed with them.)
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