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"secular" violations are always based on a shared moral code, no different than religions
by dionian 9y ago
"secular" violations are always based on a shared moral code, no different than religions
- camus2 9y ago> "secular" violations are always based on a shared moral code, no different than religions The difference is whether citizens acknowledge the fact that morals are man made or not. All morals are man made, just like religions. Using a "divine" authority to deny others the right to contest morals is what separate religion from secularism.
- AnimalMuppet 9y agoI don't know about that. On the news, from time to time I see groups of secular people who are trying really hard to deny others the right to contest the secular group's morals...
- srtjstjsj 9y agohttp://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/ http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/ "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, "
- pmarreck 9y agoSam Harris has made a fairly strong argument that ethics are determinable by science https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moral_Landscape https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moral_Landscape