As I mentioned Aquinas makes a distinction between persons of the Trinity and essence. You need to familiarize yourself with the concepts of person an...
My point is that pure reason cannot resolve moral problems but adds problems. Think of a terrorist who put a bomb in a location that we are not aware ...
My point is that we cannot put them aside when we want to decide since they are factors that build the situation. No factor, no situation, and nothing...
Oh, I was not aware of that interpretation. I, however, disagree that numbers, truth, etc. are contingent things. How could that, ipsum esse subsitens...
I already answered that. According to Aquinas, there is a difference between persons of the Trinity and God's essence. I am not saying that his argume...
It makes the value of life subjective as well, by subjective, I mean that people have different opinions or feelings on the value of life. A person wh...
These factors define a situation where a decision is required. Freedom is different from free will. By free will, I mean the ability of an agent to de...
It is not like that. Christians are aware of this and they distinguish between persons of the Trinity and God's essence. I invite you to read this art...
I asked whether you could give an example of a situation in which feelings, interests, beliefs, and opinions do not play a role. Could humans survive ...
Luke 23:46: "Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his last." So accord...
Thanks for the elaboration. I agree that morality (not objective morality) is contingent on the value of life. But I think the value of life also is c...
We are what we are because we have evolved as social animals. Human life is valuable to us because we could not have survived if we had another opinio...
Or maybe they are one but Jesus has never said those words. So who knows!? Other books of the Bible mention that Jesus said other things when He was o...
If life is precious to me then I simply don't kill. I don't need Kant's first formulation to realize this. I asked for a definition of good and bad. H...
Are you saying that objective morality depends on the situation? If not, do you mind elaborating and giving examples of X and Y? Quite oppositely, an ...
You are very welcome to this thread. What do you mean by conditional objectivity? I don't think that it is morality but "common" interests, beliefs, f...
I don't think that a maxim is good or bad in Kant's terminology. For example, increasing my wealth is a maxim. Kant however provides a test on a maxim...
Now you are arguing in favor of Consequentialism which is different from objective morality. You didn't justify why such a prescription, universalizin...
Exodus 3:13-14: "13 Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me,...
You didn't answer my question. Let me explain things further to make sure that we are on the same page. According to Kant's first formulation, one nee...
If matter is not what the mind directly experiences then it is something else, let's call it X. X has to exist objectively though otherwise the experi...
If I recall correctly that was God's answer when Moses asked what is your name. Jesus is believed to be God and not a follower of God according to Chr...
I asked what is your definition of practical reasoning. You however define pure practical reasoning that I think you believe to be objective because i...
God, at least within Abrahamic religions, is defined as the creator of everything. Christians believe that God is a trion, three united persons. Musli...
How do you define practical reasoning? To me, practical reasoning is based on beliefs, feelings, opinions, and interests. What would the practical rea...
I don't think so. I didn't say so. I said pure reason includes deduction. That is not my definition though. You can google it yourself. What is the pr...
I am simply saying that having faith based on the Bible is not reasonable because the verses contradict each other. People believe in all sorts of rel...
What do you mean by objective when it comes to morality? To me, objective morality is based on pure reason and all rational agents agree on it. My poi...
I use reason to discuss religious concepts. The religious concepts are based on the scriptures, in this case, the Bible. I reason that the doctrine of...
No, I am just mentioning that there is always a conflict in the subjective moral worldview. The world, fortunately, hasn't collapsed yet. The history ...
Belief is either based on reason or faith. People have faith in God and believe that the Bible is the word of God regardless of whether there is a rea...
The proof of God is not the subject of this thread. The main purpose of this thread is to point out the conflict between different verses from the Bib...
No, I am saying that the thief thinks he is right. I think he is not right so welcome to the subjective moral world. Any person thinks that he is righ...
The thief and I have different opinions on stealing, so it does not follow from my opinion that morality is objective if that is what you want to conc...
Circumstances define a situation. According to Kant, we need to universalize a maxim to determine whether it is right or wrong. By universalizing, he ...
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