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Morality is not that complicated.

bobhoff59 7 May 18
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Certainly science can do much to inform us about our place in the world, but once we are made aware of our connection to others and the cosmos it cannot go very far in informing our moral stance because, as a previous writer pointed out, relativism begins creeping in.

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If we agree that morality can be defined as ‘promoting well being’ for example, then we can clearly assess as state as a fact that something is moral, immoral, or not moral. So defining what we mean by the word ‘moral’ is the first step to solving the problem.

KenG Level 6 May 19, 2018
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Read the Moral Landscape - Sam Harris. Great reading.

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People who tell themselves morality is subjective just don't want to be bothered to reason their way through the consequences of their actions.

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If one defines clearly what one considers his or her basis for a moral coce, then science can clearly help to define if specific actions match that code. But, th act of setting the assumptions on which the moral code is based, and on stating the basic premises of that code, science does not play a part. Reasoning does.

It actually can.

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"Morality is not that complicated." I agree.

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