Morality
Moral truths are malleable and subjective if they aren’t grounded in a transcendent source (such as God). I’m not the only person to realize...
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Moral truths are malleable and subjective if they aren’t grounded in a transcendent source (such as God). I’m not the only person to realize...
A few years ago, a gentleman (we’ll call him “John”) replied to a blog I posted at CrossExamined.org. As a skeptical non-believer, John wasn’t...
Can sociocultural evolution account for the formation of moral truth? I’ve heard this claim repeatedly in discussions with non-believers, and I also accepted this...
Are moral laws simply a product of cultural utility and sociocultural evolution? As a skeptic, I used to think so. I believed moral laws...
I regularly teach high school students the nature of truth and the distinction between objective and subjective truth claims. This includes a discussion related...
I occasionally encounter someone who rejects the existence of objective, transcendent moral truths. For many people, all moral truth is merely perspectival; a matter...
How do we arrive at transcendent, objective moral truths like, “It’s never OK to torture babies for fun” or (my new favorite from a...
When it comes to moral truth, where do we get our notions of right and wrong? Can we generate binding, obligatory concepts without grounding...
Many atheists I know will readily acknowledge the existence of transcendent, objective moral laws. As an atheist myself, I spent many years enforcing laws...