Message from @Bogatyr Bogumir
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what i am trying to do is explain where I believe morals come from
I know but even then, we are still working in the realm of objective morality.
subjective morality means that I can go kill someone and I have not done wrong regardless of empathy
subjective morality = no morality
since it asserts that there is no external real morality, anything goes and all morality is equal
It means you did not do anything objectively wrong. In the end the universe does not care if someoen is murdered
however, you did do something that is against human morals
but why should I care? Why should I be punished if I can rationalize doing anything?
because it is necessary for social coherence.
But why is social coherence necessary, I can walk this back into oblivion and we will simply end up (I think) at nihilism
i mean its all in our best interest
like it makes our lives easier
It helps us meet our biological needs
Is it really in our best interest, I can just dominate society being immoral, as we as societies pressupose certain moral duties towards each other. If I break all of them I simply dominate society. I can meet all of my biological needs with or without social coherence nad my life can be infinitely easier without morality.
That is where other aspects of human nature come into play
Humans are social animals, and most humans will do anything to be accepted by their population.
This is for a couple of reasons, if someone is accepted within society they get benifits
if they are sick, they will receive aid
one of the best ways to gain acceptance is by being altruistic
so not only do we want to have our biological needs met, but we also want to create a "safty net", in case something goes wrong
That seems that human nature has a whole lot of assumed concepts of morality going into it.
However if morality is subjective we still havent answered why not be this other way, when its clear that we gain all advantages possible this immoral way.
Some would say there is conscience that is a function to keep us from doing wrong, but then we are assuming wrong exists and can be defined in some way.
The way I see it, no matter how we look at it, morality is an objective fact of our existence.
since I know there are some that are quite interesting and also describe reality apart from the metaphysical (as in explain what we see in the world apart from staying metaphysical)
Although I believe in the old gods of Germania (Odin, Thor, Freya, etc.) I do not believe in the afterlife.
HAHAHA
THE FUCKING OLD GODS
They arent real
I believe that the gods exist in a sort of hierarchy with us. They have dominion over us, similar to our relationship with animals. Even though they are gods, they are often represented as very human in their behaviour. We ourselves can see that we are often animalistic in *our* behaviour.
I believe that such structures are much more realistic than the notion of some all-mighty godly father who makes us all suffer greatly just to pass his test (a test that makes no sense because he presumably created our soul or our being and made us wander the earth. Thus, our flaws are his fault)
can you prove it
No.
then why do you believe this to be true
"Magic" is just science we don't understand yet. Long ago, people believed that things were magical that we now understand as logical scientific processes.
yes
There are enough signs to point us slightly in the direction that divinity may exist
such as?
Magic is for heathens and pagans.
Same thing.
I mean we know how the universe came about
(I believe that this might be a subconcsious effort to allow me to cope with the world by finding hope in gods)
we know how humans got on Earth
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Unlike most christians, I don't believe the divine was omnipresent. I believe that it too was created by the big bang