Do you believe in a universal moral law........what do you think is it's source......
2006-09-01 06:50:47 · 7 answers · asked by steve f 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Complete bullocks. There are no universal laws regarding morality. The context of every situation influences the morality of any action.
2006-09-01 06:57:21 · answer #1 · answered by lcraesharbor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that Kant was nuts. Moral laws derive from evolution, which applies to societies as well as to species: a society's laws are moral if it survives, and are immoral if it does not. We see the prohibitions against murder and theft showing up in almost all societies, because these precepts have obvious survival view to a society. It follows that the notion of a universal moral law is silly: the moral precepts that might be required for life on Alpha Centauri IV [assuming that there is such a planet, and that it has life!] may be totally different from those that work on Sol III. But, if you limit your universe to earth, you can use history, philosophy, and other studies to extract moral tenets that are in that sense universal.
2006-09-01 07:00:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Moral laws are human sourced - whether they ever converge to a state of global agreement is an open question. Would be interesting if it ever becomes possible to engage in dialog with sentient alien life forms to see how universal moral laws are.
2006-09-01 06:55:47 · answer #3 · answered by Gallivanting Galactic Gadfly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe in universal moral law and the source is obviously God.
sola scriptura.
2006-09-01 06:53:50 · answer #4 · answered by blizgamer333 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just read an book the other day that said basically law in instinctive in the human person and is probably genetic.
2006-09-01 07:03:39 · answer #5 · answered by James L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Non-believer in what? Jesus? God? Buddha?
I don't know what Kant's theory is but I would be happy to show you Allison's theory of shut the hell up.
2006-09-01 06:58:00 · answer #6 · answered by Allison L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think morality can be taught without threats of Hell or getting taken off Santa's list.
Tammi Dee
2006-09-01 06:54:58 · answer #7 · answered by tammidee10 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋