Moral Relativism and Objective Secular Morality

[Ashua]

A rapist might.



Jean-Paul Sartre said it best: "Existentialism is not atheist in the sense that it would exhaust itself in demonstrations of the non-existence of God. It declares, rather, that even if God existed that would make no difference from its point of view. Not that we believe God does exist, but we think that the real problem is not that of His existence; what man needs is to find himself again and to understand that nothing can save him from himself, not even a valid proof of the existence of God. In this sense existentialism is optimistic."

I'm not saying moral relativism is default for all atheists, but if I (personally) were atheist, I would certainly interpret reality under a moral relativist scope.

 

[Gendou Ikari]

I'm not saying moral relativism is default for all atheists, but if I (personally) were atheist, I would certainly interpret reality under a moral relativist scope.

If I was a theist, I would still be a moral relativist.

 

[SDJonathan]

Moral relativism seems to hinge on the idea that morality must remain undefined, as in, we're not allowed to define what morality is designed to accomplish.

It's made to minimize suffering and maximize happiness.

And there are better or worse ways to accomplish this.

You can define morality differently if you like, but does any other definition actually encompass the concept of morality?