Should the government raise taxes on the rich?
Oh so you are also blatantly Theocratic? So you are only economically libertarian, yet politically…
If you think the laws of the bible should be adopted/enforced by the state, then you are incredibly theocratic and authoritarian, yes.
Secondly, if you need the bible to tell you murder is wrong, then you clearly aren't a moral person on your own lol...
@TruthHurts1012yrs2Y
Explain morality without God. Do it. Why does it exist? Do it.
@VulcanMan6 2yrs2Y
Easy, we make it up for ourselves. Every person has their own personal sense of what is "right" or "wrong" based on their own personal values and ideals, and they use those to make decisions in life. Morality is not an objective thing, it's subjective to each person.
It exists because we evolved as social creatures, who express strong emotional and interpersonal characteristics. Things that harm each other, like murder, were disadvantageous, and thus we grew to perceive those things as "bad". That is why many other intelligent, social, non-human species show… Read more
@TruthHurts1012yrs2Y
What if murder became advantageous? Do you release Hitler did the Holocaust to perpetuate evolution, for the benefit of the species. Evolution creates EVIL things like that.
@VulcanMan6 2yrs2Y
If you think murder is advantageous, then you would commit murder, which is exactly what some people do...that's why it is subjective. If morals were objective, as you keep suggesting, then everyone would think the same things, but obviously they don't.
Secondly, what Hitler did was called "eugenics", which is quite literally described as: "the study of how to arrange reproduction within a human population to increase the occurrence of heritable characteristics regarded as desirable. Developed largely by Sir Francis Galton as a method of improving the human race, euge… Read more
@8JRLSXT9mos9MO
If morality were purely subjective, you'd expect laws and social norms to be all over the place, but that's not the case. Across cultures, things like murder, theft, and lying are almost universally condemned. This points to a level of objectivity — or at least, a shared, intrinsic understanding of harm and fairness. Even in societies that never encountered each other, similar moral codes emerged. Why? Because survival and cooperation are tied to these principles, and perhaps there is something deeper at play than just "making it up as we go."
As for eugenics, whil… Read more
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