tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609541124817386376.post7783037950153984550..comments2023-12-03T03:00:17.598-06:00Comments on Atheism & Philosophy: What I BelievePhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115141650963300011noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609541124817386376.post-62204144459808896742016-05-05T16:29:04.435-05:002016-05-05T16:29:04.435-05:00What jumps out to me here is the line "Could ...What jumps out to me here is the line "Could I have done that without God? Perhaps. But I wouldn't have had the motivation to."<br />I'm curious, and I don't intend this question to belittle your charity work (it's more than I've done, certainly). If someone were to feel motivated to do such work without believing in a god or gods, wouldn't that seem to give them a higher moral standing in some way? I guess, I'm thinking of Kant's duty-based ethics in which the only way to do the morally right thing was to do it for the sake of its being right alone. Doing it because you believe that a god has indicated it is right would seem to imply that your actions were undertaken to please that god rather than for the sake of the morality of the action.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17074833329564539998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609541124817386376.post-60587245582984429572016-05-04T13:28:22.003-05:002016-05-04T13:28:22.003-05:00Thanks for recalling the veil, Alexandria. I shoul...Thanks for recalling the veil, Alexandria. I should have brought it up again, after introducing it back at semester's beginning. You really went "undercover," didn't you? <br /><br />I think more of us succeeded in occasionally suspending our deepest preconceptions and listening to our classmates than might have appeared to be the case. I'm happy to note that we managed to avoid rancor, and gave one another plenty to think about.<br /><br />I agree with you about Russell. In the end, like Douglas Adams, I too would rather be happy than right (if I had to choose). Good luck!Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02115141650963300011noreply@blogger.com