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by Gary Childress
Fri Mar 29, 2024 4:03 am
Forum: Ethical Theory
Topic: Is morality objective or subjective?
Replies: 9247
Views: 747192

Re: Is morality objective or subjective?

Certainly. In the end, we all get what we deserve. That's what justice really is: it's when you get just what you've earned. That's why the Bible says, "The wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord." You can take the mercy, or you can ...
by Gary Childress
Fri Mar 29, 2024 3:17 am
Forum: Ethical Theory
Topic: Is morality objective or subjective?
Replies: 9247
Views: 747192

Re: Is morality objective or subjective?

Are you all shook up over the ante-diluvians, Gary? I wouldn't waste your tears: I think they have enough water already. :wink: If you were to read about that, you'd find out why that was unavoidable. As the Bible says, "Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of mankind was great on the earth, ...
by Gary Childress
Fri Mar 29, 2024 3:08 am
Forum: Ethical Theory
Topic: Is morality objective or subjective?
Replies: 9247
Views: 747192

Re: Is morality objective or subjective?

Does the fact that women in our modern society slaughter more babies every year than Hitler ever did make you think we're great moral touchstones? It doesn't seem to be "repugnant to modern ears," nor does euthanasia, nor pornography, nor warfare, nor sex slavery...before you offer modern...
by Gary Childress
Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:36 am
Forum: Ethical Theory
Topic: Is morality objective or subjective?
Replies: 9247
Views: 747192

Re: Is morality objective or subjective?

Does the fact that there are passages in the Bible which seem morally repugnant to many modern ears not tell us that human beings have an innate sense of right and wrong ourselves, independent of any God? Does the fact that women in our modern society slaughter more babies every year than Hitler ev...
by Gary Childress
Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:00 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Sex and the Religious-Left
Replies: 1015
Views: 14157

Re: Sex and the Religious-Left

What makes you ask that? Don't worry about derailing the thread. Yeah. I like the new topic better. A person can make sense of a guitar. The "religious left" maybe not as much. Do you know much about guitars, Gary? 🤔 No. I don't. I like the sound, though. But there's lots of good music ou...
by Gary Childress
Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:51 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Sex and the Religious-Left
Replies: 1015
Views: 14157

Re: Sex and the Religious-Left

We're probably derailing the thread, but am I correct in assuming that you play guitar and have made some recordings? _______ What makes you ask that? Don't worry about derailing the thread. Yeah. I like the new topic better. A person can make sense of a guitar. The "religious left" maybe...
by Gary Childress
Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:40 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Sex and the Religious-Left
Replies: 1015
Views: 14157

Re: Sex and the Religious-Left

Gary, you did recognize that he is speaking of servitude to higher values, right? Did that really get by you? It is weird to me the reaction — a deep resentment it seems — that is invoked when the idea of higher endeavors and those who realize them are held up as being exemplary. What is this about...
by Gary Childress
Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:25 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Sex and the Religious-Left
Replies: 1015
Views: 14157

Re: Sex and the Religious-Left

On the contrary the select man, the excellent man is urged, by interior necessity, to appeal from himself to some standard beyond himself, superior to himself, whose service he freely accepts... Contrary to what is usually thought, it is the man of excellence, and not the common man who lives in es...
by Gary Childress
Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:30 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Sex and the Religious-Left
Replies: 1015
Views: 14157

Re: Sex and the Religious-Left

Alexis Jacobi wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:29 pm
Gary Childress wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:25 pm Good grief. You're a loon.
No, that is your department! 😎
Welcome to the department, then. Padded room is down the hall. It's a good place for first timers to get themselves oriented.
by Gary Childress
Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:25 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Sex and the Religious-Left
Replies: 1015
Views: 14157

Re: Sex and the Religious-Left

You’ve never seen the movie If? Antidote to Alice Cooper. I have never seen the movie "If". Is there a point to all that shooting and killing in that scene or is it just gratuitous violence to eat popcorn to and get your date to suddenly cuddle up next to you for a sense of security and p...
by Gary Childress
Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:58 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Sex and the Religious-Left
Replies: 1015
Views: 14157

Re: Sex and the Religious-Left

You’ve never seen the movie If? Antidote to Alice Cooper. I have never seen the movie "If". Is there a point to all that shooting and killing in that scene or is it just gratuitous violence to eat popcorn to and get your date to suddenly cuddle up next to you for a sense of security and p...
by Gary Childress
Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:34 pm
Forum: Ethical Theory
Topic: Is morality objective or subjective?
Replies: 9247
Views: 747192

Re: Is morality objective or subjective?

How do we know they are wrong? Well, for one thing, all of these ethical frameworks listed disagree in pretty profound ways. They begin with different suppositions about what the basic moral axiom might be, and very often, end with different conclusions. What's lacking is a meta-ethical way to arbi...
by Gary Childress
Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:13 pm
Forum: Political Philosophy
Topic: The Political Man
Replies: 28
Views: 319

Re: The Political Man

In my experience bigotry and xenophobia don't stand up to self-examination. But then, I'm just a nut case, apparently. Everybody is "bigoted and xenophobic" though. Do the Liberal-Leftist-Democrats accept Trump? Do the Liberal-Leftist-Democrats accept MAGA voters? No. So they're being big...
by Gary Childress
Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:51 am
Forum: Ethical Theory
Topic: Is morality objective or subjective?
Replies: 9247
Views: 747192

Re: Is morality objective or subjective?

Some more food for thought. what do the terms "objective" and "subjective" mean with respect to morality? ChatGPT In the context of morality, "objective" and "subjective" refer to different ways of understanding the nature of moral judgments and principles: Ob...
by Gary Childress
Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:36 am
Forum: Ethical Theory
Topic: Is morality objective or subjective?
Replies: 9247
Views: 747192

Re: Is morality objective or subjective?

Is morality objective or subjective ChatGPT The question of whether morality is objective or subjective is a longstanding philosophical debate with various perspectives. Here's a brief overview: Objective Morality: This perspective holds that moral principles exist independently of human beliefs, f...