"If there is no God, all things are permissible" They used to say it was Dostoevsky, but now not so sure.
2007-03-22 09:26:32 · 8 answers · asked by TheMadLith 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
OTOH...
“Morality does not depend on religion.” -- John Ruskin
"The death of dogma is the birth of morality." -- Immanuel Kant
2007-03-22 09:43:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
'Grand Inquisitor' chapter in Brothers Karamazov. Between Alyosha the priest, and Ivan the revolutionary.
2007-03-22 16:31:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Satre actually said "without God all things are permissible".
2007-03-22 16:37:14 · answer #3 · answered by Perhaps I love you more 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Half the Christians on this site have tried to claim that.
2007-03-22 16:30:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That describes an atheists philosophy perfectly.No accountability anything goes...watch out kids!
2007-03-22 16:32:12 · answer #5 · answered by AngelsFan 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. That's not how society works. . if that's what you are getting at.
2007-03-22 16:29:59 · answer #6 · answered by KryptonOne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You were right, it was Fyodor Dostoevsy.
2007-03-22 17:19:25 · answer #7 · answered by Jouvert 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't know. Who?
2007-03-22 16:30:22 · answer #8 · answered by Gummy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋