Morals without God

[bob_chasm]

Re: Morals without God

@ahmadjee

bob, there are all kinds of people in this world. From those who practice polyandry and polygamy, and those who don’t believe in marriage at all .. serial monogamists to those who believe in pure monogamy (Catholics & such).

They all have different morals and so the best answer is that in the absence of God our morals are what we want them to be. And then morality becomes this collective form of consensus on behavior in a culture. Which is all good and dandy but then one cannot argue among cultures if having more than one wife is moral or not.

The best answer to what? I thought we were talking about whether ethics can exist in the absence of a belief in God. I am not sure I know what you are trying to say. Can you please elaborate?

regards,

bob