[ ... ] believing that morality and ethics can come only from their pet religion.
Many conservatives love the strong social conservatism that is part of ... more
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Could there exist such a thing as 'universal morality'?
@ 2011-09-12 – 22:15:13
[ ... ] 'universal morality' is purely a human cultural invention that has been invented and used as an ideological tool mostly by religions. A very ... more -
"Religious doctrines are all illusions" or the very best bits from Sigmund Freud
@ 2011-07-29 – 18:38:42
[ ... ] no less than morality, has at all times found support in religion.” - Sigmund Freud in “The Future of an Illusion” (1927) Our knowledge of the ... more -
Why do so many religions claim that a deity has dictated their holy book?
@ 2011-05-02 – 22:17:02
[ ... ] were born. Morality is always really born out of the needs of the society. Morality is the basic code of conduct that gives us ground rules for ... more -
Is it possible to live pleasantly without living wisely and honorably and justly?
@ 2011-01-03 – 23:51:27
If we give up feeding the young people the ideas of morality that are based on religious dogmas (as is happening all over the world), we have a definite … more -
Why did Musonius Rufus want all to practice philosophy?
@ 2010-11-03 – 23:02:59
[ ... ] of ethics and morality. With the aid of philosophy one can really grab the great ideas such as 'common good' in ones own mind. Accepting a ... more -
Is Sam Harris creating a new kind of 'absolute morality'?
@ 2010-08-09 – 12:06:56
[ ... ] of "absolute morality". He says that there can be an objective way to compare and value the results that different competing ideas on ... more -
Can religious morality be just unquestioning submission to authority?
@ 2010-06-17 – 23:10:40
When a fundamentalist Christian or Muslim talks about morality, he does not really mean any kind of personal sense of right or wrong. On the other hand, … more -
Do we need religious morality to know right from wrong?
@ 2010-04-05 – 17:09:55
There are religious people who claim that there can be no morality without religions. On the other hand, many scientists have clearly demonstrated that … more -
Is there an inherent basic sense of morality shared by all humans?
@ 2010-01-25 – 21:03:19
[ ... ] sources of morality in societies. Evolutionary biologist Marc D. Hauser tackles head on these assumptions in his fine book called “Moral Minds: ... more
