tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290144638168795649.post4089244755897759553..comments2012-11-15T18:57:09.008-08:00Comments on Rational Theism: Richard Dawkins and Smoked FishDaniel Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01204413547765314287noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290144638168795649.post-56431414806657689922011-11-05T11:45:41.436-07:002011-11-05T11:45:41.436-07:00Aaron,
thank you for your interest. I want to cl...Aaron, <br /><br />thank you for your interest. I want to clarify a bit, though. I didn't say that "supernatural agency" accounts for moral facts. I said that the existence of moral facts is most comfortable within a theistic worldview (as opposed to an atheistic one). This is because God is by definition morally perfect, necessarily. God's moral nature cannot fail to be what it is. It is moreover the standard by which moral actions and ideals are measured, and since it is necessary, it is not an arbitrary standard. Furthermore it seems to me that moral fact engender obligations. We feel obligated to behave a certain way as a consequence of perceiving some moral fact. But it is difficult to see how we could be obligated to a non-person; it seems that obligation is owed to persons. This, among other reasons, makes it very plausible to me that a theistic worldview can account for moral facts. <br /> On the other hand, though, apart from an explanation of how our feelings concerning moral facts might have arisen, I do not see any plausible atheistic accounts of moral facts.Daniel Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01204413547765314287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290144638168795649.post-24896180779094048872011-11-02T22:28:05.636-07:002011-11-02T22:28:05.636-07:00Re: 'Ironically, the worldview in which moral ...Re: 'Ironically, the worldview in which moral objectivism (which is required to pronounce moral guilt) is most comfortable is theism itself...'<br /><br />I would very much like to see the argument for this claim. How, exactly, does a supernatural agency (whatever that amounts to) account for moral facts?Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04259033412017918224noreply@blogger.com