I disagree that it is an ontological fact that nothing has intrinsic value. I’m not an atheist anymore. — Noah Te Stroete
You were the one who claimed that your moral reasons were based on your “feelings”. Why should your personal feelings count more than others’? — Noah Te Stroete
I believe through faith that the universe was created for the purpose of beings with reason or rationality. Thus, I don’t see how it doesn’t follow that there are no necessary truths regarding conduct. You, on the other hand, believe through faith that there is no purpose for the universe. — Noah Te Stroete
I’m not denying the existence of contingent moral truths (Kant’s hypothetical imperatives). I am claiming there are at least some necessary moral truths (Kant’s categorical imperatives). — Noah Te Stroete
don't believe that we do discover laws of nature. I'm not a realist on natural law. I'm not a realist on an abstracts. The evidence suggests that laws of nature are a way that we think about what we experience rather. — Terrapin Station
I believe I have addressed your position. I believe I gave an adequate answer that both of us are basing our worldviews on faith. — Noah Te Stroete
That sounds like idealism. I thought you were against idealism. — Noah Te Stroete
Remind me, how did you address that criticism? Oh, that's right... — S
There is reason to the universe and there is reason to the human mind. I don’t believe that is a coincidence. — Noah Te Stroete
I addressed it by agreeing to moral reasoning. Remember me granting you that eating too much beef is wrong? I thought we agreed on that. — Noah Te Stroete
Your basis that the universe has no purpose is based on faith as is my basis of intrinsic human value is based on reasoned faith. — Noah Te Stroete
However, you don’t even know what my conception of God is. — Noah Te Stroete
I believe there are universal feelings for non-psychopaths that indicate moral truths. — Noah Te Stroete
Obviously I didn't catch what was supposed to answer that question then. Whatever you took to answer it must not have seemed like an answer to it to me. Are you attempting to communicate with me so that I understand an idea I didn't previously or are you trying to just be disputatious and antagonistic? — Terrapin Station
Why are you so combative? — Noah Te Stroete
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