A Christian Philosophy

Not all. Only those consequences that are reasonably foreseeable, because it gives ground to suspect dishonest intentions. If a man dives in front of ...

Good point. But I can show that our moral compass is perfect, by the nature of morality and honest intentions. We can err in the sense of a rational m...

I think there is a confusion of categories. The opposite of truth is untruth or falsehood. The opposite of lie or dishonesty is honesty. One can be un...

Interesting point on economy. I agree with you that a good economic system is one that results in a net benefit to its society, where real demands are...

Understood. I will go with yes then; because in your scenario, the act of altruism is good for one's salvation in some case, and harmful for one's sal...

I'm afraid I have to disagree with nearly everything you have said. I do not know that in any obvious way, and it is improbable for it to always be th...

I don't know much about Buddhism, but I thought the goal of Buddha in creating his eightfold path was to cease suffering; where as it sounds like you ...

If what you say about the needy in Africa is true, then it follows that we ought to provide as much help as we can offer before considering our person...

If you want to reach a consensus, it is best (sorry) to define the term 'best'. Here is my attempt: Best is ranking #1 at quality X, relative to other...

Hello. I think you are using the term 'bliss' incorrectly in that expression. 'Bliss' is close to 'blessedness' which means 'moral goodness', not 'sub...

Hello. I will try to turn this paradox into a syllogism for clarity. P1: One's suffering is necessary for one's salvation. P2: Altruism creates suffer...

Man that was a lot of technical terms, but great summary of its history. If, as I suspect, the GCB hierarchy is innate knowledge, a first principle or...

I know you've said it was your last response, and I am just leaving this for completeness of the argument. I agree that utilitarianism is compatible w...

The goal is optimize the net outcome, and you are forgetting such factors as efficiency of care and law of diminishing returns. It is less efficient t...

I already addressed this issue here. Let's put it another way. It would be unethical for me to use all my money to buy a pet if a poor person was at m...

Can you explain why? Aside from their ontological values, humans also care for plants and animals because they benefit humans as a means to survival l...

Indeed. This works in favour of the GCB hierarchy which claims that animals have ontological value of their own.

It is indeed an axiom or first principle, but it is found through argument. The whole point of the thought experiment is to demonstrate that the GCB h...

That is a good point. Where is the right balance between duty towards others and personal pleasure? Using common sense alone, it seems too extreme to ...

Yes. One way to check this, as Pascal and Descartes say, is that "we cannot doubt natural principles if we speak sincerely and in all good faith". I p...

Yeah I agree when it comes to moral perfection. Kant says 'ought implies can'. Thus being morally perfect means doing the best we can do.

Mr Crank, I understand your point. But I think this is not a case of the ethics decreasing with distance, but rather accuracy of facts decreasing and ...

That is correct. And they don't, do they? They are only represented as humans with wings as a symbol, like God is represented as a light or an old man...

Maybe I misunderstood what you originally said. The GCB ethics does not entail that having pets is unethical, inasmuch as doing something for pleasure...

You are right that it does not prove the ethics to be true. But likewise, the argument that some people do not act according to the GCB does not prove...

Not so much how 'we would' but how 'we should, or feel we should'; and also how you would. Innate knowledge can only be tested as a personal thing. Su...

Part of the GCB ethics is to pick the choice that results in the greatest net gain. It may not be unethical to kill someone for the sake of survival, ...

Would you choose a pic over a human? Would you not call this rescuer insane? The thought experiment states that the object has no monetary value. Even...

This is true. But it is also true that Hitler is seen as unethical by a large majority, thereby confirming the ethics based on the GCB. Not in every c...

There are indeed. But ethics is about 'what ought to be', not 'what is'. Would you not say that such people are either crazy, uninformed, or else unet...

I like CS Lewis. Where does this quote come from? I agree with you regarding the murderer case. It may not be unethical to let Hitler burn. This in fa...

Do I detect irony? I am fairly sure that in some countries, as a rescuer you would get sued for failing of duty.

Here is my understanding. In essence, angels are rational immaterial beings with free will, in contrast to humans who are rational material beings wit...

Actually I agree with you that, in this case, I too would not save Hitler. But that is because we know Hitler to be evil because he killed many humans...

I think the christian doctrine says that Jesus condescended down to the human level to become human, thereby not being perfect in every way during tha...

Good and bad may be subjective or objective depending on its kind. Good and bad in taste is subjective. Good and bad in morality is objective. Everyon...

If by 'complete' we mean 'reaching its full potential', then no. But if we mean 'includes all properties', then yes. After we die. Instead of ceasing ...

Completion is not synonymous with perfection. A perfect score on a multiple choice exam includes only the right answers and excludes the wrong ones. Y...

Hello. I think I can prove that science cannot prove or disprove the existence of God. Science is by definition the search for truth that is empirical...

I accept your definition of 'quality', but reject your definition of a 'perfect being'. A perfect being is one that possesses all good qualities and n...

Actually I think that salvation answers that question precisely. This condamnation for another's sin would be unfair IF there was no salvation. But th...

Hi. God did not create us deformed and 'born sinners'. In the bible, God created Adam and Eve without sin, but with free will (for free will is necess...

I agree with you that we can know God if God reveals himself to us, like through Jesus and the bible. But why do you claim that we cannot know God any...

Weakness and shyness are not qualities, are they? They are properties that are considered negative, like ugliness and laziness. The perfect being woul...

I am impressed by your knowledge of God and the reasons for evil in the world. One small disagreement is when you say we cannot have any knowledge of ...

Sorry for the late response on this discussion. A property of a thing is essential if the thing no longer retains its identity once the property is re...

What then is free will, if not freedom of intentions? A good will is one that intends on doing the good. We may not always be able to do good deeds, b...

I accept the analogy, and will add that the sailor has the freedom to set the goal to whichever direction he likes, even if the path that lies ahead h...

Good point. I think we need to differentiate between two kinds of praises/blames: (1) Praises/blames to the face of the person, as a means of conditio...

Free will is synonymous to freedom of intentions. These intentions are usually categorized as good and bad intentions. We may not always have freedom ...