bluesbassman
04-30-2007, 12:22 PM
Many of the theists on this forum claim that without religious-based morality, then ethically, "anything goes." That is because their code of ethics, based on the supernatural, is also ultimately subjective.
Thus, according these theists, it's only a matter of which code of ethics one accepts on faith. An objective, rational morality is defined to be impossible.
Here is a good essay which makes the cogent point that religious morality is merely a variant of subjectivism in ethics:
Dissolute Dogmatists (http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4951)
Thus, according these theists, it's only a matter of which code of ethics one accepts on faith. An objective, rational morality is defined to be impossible.
Here is a good essay which makes the cogent point that religious morality is merely a variant of subjectivism in ethics:
Dissolute Dogmatists (http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4951)