Sunday, February 09, 2020

The autonomy objection to religious morality

The autonomy objection to religious morality puzzles me. If you think there is a perfect being who loves you, and who has some clues as to how to live a better, more moral life, would you be foolish not to take them? On the other hand, if no such being exists, that would be another matter.
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4 comments:

  1. KevinFebruary 09, 2020 10:25 AM

    I've seen it argued that a perfect being would not be a "tyrant" dictating what you must do. An incredibly ridiculous notion, but also not uncommon.

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  2. One BrowFebruary 10, 2020 6:19 AM

    If you think there is a perfect being who loves you, and who has some clues as to how to live a better, more moral life, would you be foolish not to take them?

    Even when the clues changed, or even reversed themselves, over a period of generations?

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  3. KevinFebruary 10, 2020 6:33 AM

    Even when the clues changed, or even reversed themselves, over a period of generations?

    If you thought this way, you probably wouldn't think such a being exists.

    But what if you did think such a being existed? Would it be foolish to then ignore what that being says?

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  4. One BrowFebruary 10, 2020 2:23 PM

    I never doubt the limits of cognitive dissonance.

    I agree that ignoring such a being would be foolish. Not so sure about blindly following it.

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