Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 10:20 am
The Portland Territory wrote:Here's a question that I've debated with many others before, but will bring here.
What is the point of morals if there is no higher power to enforce them? I say this because, if you are an atheist, agnostic, whatever, if you have any at all, your morals are subjective.
"God" is actually irrelevant to this problem, because "God" does not resolve it. If morality originates in "God" then it is merely the expression of "God"'s arbitrary subjective preference. More likely, though, they are simply the expression of the arbitrary and subjective preferences of those claiming to hear devine voices in their heads.
Outsourcing your subjective preferences to a "higher authority" does not make them any less subjective.
We can, however, select objectively measurable criteria by which to judge our own behavior, and apply that criteria universally (if not absolutely).