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Old 05-08-2007, 12:58 PM   #323
ekiM
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Originally Posted by accrede
I think this says it all scuzzy, morality is meaningless unless it is defined by a god, in your eyes. I agree with everything you have said in the above post except the issue of meaninglessness. Also you can't compare the behaviour of animals with our own behaviour directly, we are a unique species that shares some similarities with other different species but are not the same. You are right to say that things are wrong because we agree they are wrong, that does not make a secular or atheist moral construct meaningless.
I agree with everything up to the last sentence. Some moral philsophies state morality is a social construct. Not all of them do. Atheists can believe in an objective and absolute moral framework.

also, "unique species" is a tautology. pedantry.

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