tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post5587183992700101592..comments2024-03-23T07:33:30.972+00:00Comments on Quodlibeta: Hows and WhysJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01594220073836613367noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post-13890563094014622142008-04-17T17:27:00.000+01:002008-04-17T17:27:00.000+01:00Thanks Humphrey. I'll take a look.Thanks Humphrey. I'll take a look.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01594220073836613367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post-5239652388017992082008-04-16T17:01:00.000+01:002008-04-16T17:01:00.000+01:00Hi James. Pinker was included in a discussion on s...Hi James. Pinker was included in a discussion on science vs religion on the Templeton site in case you are interested in his views.<BR/><BR/>http://www.templeton.org/belief/Humphreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11936974517695558399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post-82948716611484016582008-04-07T04:12:00.000+01:002008-04-07T04:12:00.000+01:00You will find that a lot of Christian ethics comes...<I>You will find that a lot of Christian ethics comes from Judaism , which is a false religion.</I><BR/><BR/>I do not think this is a mystery to Christians as the Torah is part of the Christian Bible. Marcionism is the heresy that rejects the Hebrew Bible. The idea that Christianity is in opposition to the Jewish text has no part in the tradition of Christianity. Much of Christian ethics also comes from Aristotle (natural law).Nonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11427516454118932512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post-2217451243238746092008-04-06T19:11:00.000+01:002008-04-06T19:11:00.000+01:00You will find that a lot of Christian ethics comes...You will find that a lot of Christian ethics comes from Judaism , which is a false religion.Steven Carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11983601793874190779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post-83677117115800367262008-04-06T19:10:00.000+01:002008-04-06T19:10:00.000+01:00'But no right-thinking person believes utilitarian...'But no right-thinking person believes utilitarianism is an acceptable basis for ethics.'<BR/><BR/>No right-thinking person thinks an innocent person should die to save humanity.Steven Carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11983601793874190779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post-78220532652122197942008-04-04T22:26:00.000+01:002008-04-04T22:26:00.000+01:00I'm an atheist. My ethics are quite similar to fri...I'm an atheist. My ethics are quite similar to friends who are modern, leberal christians. They have little in common with the christians of 500 years ago, or with christians in the mid west of the USA. This suggests strongly that the source of our common ethics has nothing to do with christianity. Furthermore, the ethics of christianity owes mudch to its greek heritage.Epiphenomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420404206189437710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post-7295803726965622772008-04-02T22:29:00.000+01:002008-04-02T22:29:00.000+01:00Martin, there is no reason that atheists should no...Martin, there is no reason that atheists should not have a strong sense of ethics. But I think you will find that much of what you believe is right you share with Christians. That's no surprise if you were brought up in a culture that has Christian roots.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01594220073836613367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post-15884064894481794222008-04-01T03:15:00.000+01:002008-04-01T03:15:00.000+01:00Your post reminded me of an article printed in the...Your post reminded me of an article printed in the New York Times that found "Damage to an area of the brain behind the forehead, inches behind the eyes, transforms the way people make moral judgments in life-or-death situations...In a new study, people with this rare injury expressed increased willingness to kill or harm another person if doing so would save others’ lives." In other words, people with normal brains do not think like utilitarianist. It appears that damage to this area of the brain impedes normal human emotions.<BR/><BR/>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/22/science/22brain.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=sloginNonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11427516454118932512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post-14711830008736653392008-03-31T22:25:00.000+01:002008-03-31T22:25:00.000+01:00Religion and ethics has been on my mind for a whil...Religion and ethics has been on my mind for a while, as well.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure whether I, as an atheist, have philosophical difficulties with ethics, because, well, I'm not that good a philosopher. But I do know that I have a strong sense of ethics, which I do my best to live by.<BR/><BR/>And I'd like to know how this can be, if atheism makes such a poor foundation for ethics. Of course, one explanation would be that I'm really a believer, I just won't admit it... But that's not really a satisfiyng answer, is it?<BR/><BR/>- MartinbgMartinbghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612984920863979519noreply@blogger.com